Originally published on genealogyatheart.blogspot.com 6 Dec 2015<\/p>\n
Don’t know if you saw the recent article about undelivered mail found in an old trunk. \u00a0When I say old, I mean really old – as in 17th Century. \u00a0You can read about it at\u00a0A Postal ‘piggybank’<\/a>.<\/p>\n We have terrible US Mail service, receiving several pieces of mail a week that don’t belong to us. \u00a0It makes me wonder how much I don’t receive.<\/p>\n If it was junk mail I wouldn’t care but it’s been affecting important correspondence lately. \u00a0The most recent “lost” mail was from the Board of Certified Genealogy (BCG) with a much needed portfolio requirement enclosed. \u00a0Thank goodness I was notified via email the first week in November that I would be receiving a packet with a document to transcribe within 2 weeks. \u00a0Due to the Thanksgiving holiday I gave it extra time – 3 weeks – but it still didn’t come. \u00a0I contacted BCG and they verified it was mailed to my address on November 14th. \u00a0They will resend if I don’t receive it by week’s end.<\/p>\n In the past, I’ve spoken in person to my Postmaster who shrugged his shoulders when I tried to find out what happened to the last important piece of mail that never arrived back in June. \u00a0He told me that the mail service doesn’t guarantee delivery. \u00a0Clearly! \u00a0My son had sent a time important document within the state as certified, return receipt requested and it had been lost. \u00a0Postmaster said they’d put a tracer on it but that was it. \u00a0I thought the barcode scans were a way to trace but obviously they aren’t very useful. \u00a0That document was found in the wrong city and arrived a month later, way past the deadline needed. \u00a0No explanation as to why it was in the wrong city. \u00a0No apology, either. \u00a0Since it was found and eventually delivered we were told that we couldn’t get a refund on the postage because again, “there’s no guarantee” mail will be delivered in the time frame that is posted in the Post Office.<\/p>\n Since there’s nothing I can personally do (except avoid using snail mail as much as possible) to insure my letters are delivered I’m seriously considering sending my portfolio to BCG electronically.<\/p>\n I also have had the thought that just maybe, in 400 years, the BCG letter will arrive and it will make an interesting new story. \u00a0Don’t know if there’s an explanation in the envelope explaining why it was being sent but if not, it will have created a mystery as to why a copy of an old record was mailed to someone. \u00a0My poor future relatives will be all confused as to how we’re related to the individual and perhaps spend time trying to make a connection.<\/p>\n Bet you’re like me and love to solve genealogical mysteries, not create them. If so, read this article\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n i<\/a>n the New England Historic Genealogical Society weekly newsletter as it’s equally important that we leave our stories for our descendants. Happy Hunting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Originally published on genealogyatheart.blogspot.com 6 Dec 2015 Don’t know if you saw the recent article about undelivered mail found in an old trunk. \u00a0When I say old, I mean really old – as in 17th Century. \u00a0You can read about it at\u00a0A Postal ‘piggybank’. 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