http://www.metafilter.com/70878/Family-Tales/ Comments on MetaFilter post Family Tales Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:54:41 -0800 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:54:41 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/70878/Family-Tales <a href="http://www.familytales.org/">FamilyTales</a> started out as an online archive of letters from a few families but has since expanded to contain letters from many historic figures. <br /><br />I love primary sources. Some highlights include: <a href="http://www.familytales.org/dbDisplay.php?id=ltr_job2357&person=job">letters</a> from John Brown awaiting <a href="http://www.familytales.org/dbDisplay.php?id=ltr_job2366&person=job">execution</a>, a woman's eyewitness <a href="http://www.familytales.org/dbDisplay.php?id=ltr_etw457&collection=2">account </a> of the Great San Francisco Earthquake, and Daniel Endsley's Vietnam <a href="http://www.familytales.org/results.php?collection=4"> Journal </a> letters. post:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.70878 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:03:01 -0800 ozomatli familytales primarysources letters http://www.metafilter.com/70878/Family-Tales#2083391 ozomatli, thanks for the post. I enjoy first person accounts, too - I will enjoy poking around here! comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.70878-2083391 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:54:41 -0800 madamjujujive http://www.metafilter.com/70878/Family-Tales#2083587 I've had great fun poking around in there too. I did the whole civil war through Sherman's letters last night. comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.70878-2083587 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:50:04 -0800 vbfg