The United States Postal Service can trace its roots to 1775 to the Second Continental Congress; where Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first Postmaster General. Officially created in 1792; and elevated to a cabinet department in 1872; and changed in 1971 to an official Government agency. These records are an overlooked genealogical source to locate family members who may have worked with the postal system.
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Michael’s US mail presentation was excellent! First opportunity to hear a presentation on this subject. A lot of great information that will be very useful! Thank you, Michael & Marian!
Very informative.
Excellent content! Really valuable guidance. Well done!
I have a ancestor who was a post master in Maryland. I will see what information I can obtain as a result of this presentation. Mr. Strauss’ presentation was excellent as well as handout.
Great information. My 2x great grandfather was the post master in Stringtown, Hays county, Texas.
Michael Strauss always has fabulous webinars, very interesting and informative! Thank You!
Interesting but since I hever had relatives who were involved with the post office, not very helpful but I did enjoy the webinar
Michael, thank you for another fantastic presentation that is packed with a lot of historical information and, more importantly, numerous references to source records!!!