EphemeraSearch

EphemeraSearch is an online database of old mail. We're on a mission to digitize the world's old postcards, letters, telegrams, and other ephemera so genealogists can search for their ancestors' correspondence.

We obtain ephemera primarily by scanning large collections of diverse family history which are unlikely to otherwise be digitized. We've developed an extensive network of genealogists, postcard & antique dealers, and archivists who share our passion for preserving the everyday past. Most of all, we're genealogists looking for personal clues about our own ancestors: no such resource existed, so we decided to create it.

EphemeraSearch helps genealogists, historians, linguists, and other truly curious people who want to find old postcards, letters, telegrams, or other ephemera involving specific people or places. Our images are transcribed and indexed by name and address for easy cross-referencing with census records.