Plan 2020 with a 1920 Family Photo

Study an old family portrait: What can your ancestors teach you? What happened to them? What worked and didn’t?

My Grandma Helen (at age 4 holding the basket showing the photo was taken in 1920) with her parents, Victoria and Antoni Polec. and her Grandma Helena (my great-great grandmother). The above photo has always fascinated me but more so as I knew we were approaching the point where the photo and its story would turn 100. Photo courtesty of Joseph Serwach

The amazing thing about the 2020s is we can find so much about the 1920s, the era when media (including radio, film and movies) exploded. That media helps us see our relatives from 100 years ago and learn from them.