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I'm a rank amateur genealogy buff and what I see from the times around 1910 was that a lot of children never made it to adulthood.

Great-great grandfather (1850-1926) writing to great-grandfather (1880-1964):

	March 11th Well Jimy my son (illegible) a few lines to (illegible) of family I often think of my children how good some of them (illegible) mother & I while some don't do as I have done to them Just got a letter from Lem he is well we are all well thank the good Lord for His kindness to us We trust you all are enjoying the same blessing I am wishing for spring to come so I can go down to see you all for I want to see (3.5 y.o. grandson) Unch & have a chat with him
	Unch I want a pack to put in berries so we can buy lots of candy & cakes we will have a good time Unch won't we dad John is poorly the doctor said he was liable to go any time I think he had a little stroke his lungs is bad he has the pneumonia poor fellow he has worked hard in his time it was a big snow up here it was 12 inches deep it rained last nite took part of it away Well (daughter-in-law) Maim last Sunday was my birthday that makes me 66 years old how good the good Lord has been to me that I am permitted to write to you this morning & talk about my children that I love will close with love to all good bye WY
	Corinthians 15 ch 44 verse (illegible) 33 chap read the whole chapter Genesis 30 chapter 30 verse Genesis 9 ch 6 verse Servant kings 19 ch 16 verse Psalms 95 ch (illegible) verse Enoch walked with God how could Enoch walk with God if God had no body Deuteronomy 3 ch 10 verse Matthew 10 ch 20 verse Psalms 139 5 & 10 verse Psalms 9 ch the work of the kings Now Jimy go look it up & see whethere God is all spirit or whether he has a spiritual body these are only a few proofs The Bible is full of proof that we
	will have a body like His to praise Him praise his holy name for a a home with Him when this life is ended We are created in His likeness and image of God

I never knew either of these men. Great-grandfather died when I was 4. Now through technology undreamed-of in his time and 86 years after his passing great-great grandfather speaks to us all.

That is so great to have actual documentation from that era about your relatives!

All of my grandparents were born within a few years of 1890 in different areas of Poland (part of Russia at the time) and immigrated to the States during the 19-teens, eventually settling in Western N.Y. My paternal grandmother was the last to survive, passing away in 1979.

My oldest sister caught the genealogy bug a few years ago before taking a trip to central Europe through her choral group, where they were able to visit parts of Poland as well as Germany (the B-in-L’s ancestral home). One problem she noted in going through the various records was that Immigration and census staff tended to butcher Slavic names quite a bit making the research challenging. She did determine though that our maternal grandfather grew up in the Wadowice region, which also was once home to Pope John Paul Ii. Unfortunately, they weren’t able to locate any of our distant relatives while in that particular area, but were successful in meeting some 2nd-cousins of the Hubby in southern Germany.