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A Skeleton Files series · New files as they are finished

Decade Files.

Every decade leaves a paper trail. A case file on each one, starting with the 2020s and going back in time: what happened, what it brought, what went away, who we lost, what things cost, and the records your family left behind. Every fact sourced.

The decades

Pick a decade

Open files are live; the rest are on the way, one at a time, going back.

No. 01The 2020s

A pandemic, a new space telescope, chatbots that talk back, and a dozen eggs at $6.23. The decade so far as a case file: every fact sourced, and what it means for the records your family is leaving behind.

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No. 02The 2010sComing soon
No. 03The 2000sComing soon
No. 04The 1990sComing soon
No. 05The 1980sComing soon
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No. 07The 1960sComing soon
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No. 17The 1860sComing soon
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No. 20The 1830sComing soon
No. 21The 1820sComing soon
No. 22The 1810sComing soon
No. 23The 1800sComing soon
…Before 1800

The colonial centuries, including the Spanish records of Texas and Mexico, will follow the 1800s.

Inside every file

Eight parts, same order every time

  1. The decade in 60 seconds, year by year
  2. What it brought
  3. What went away
  4. Who we lost
  5. What things cost, then and now
  6. Pictures from the decade, all public domain or openly licensed
  7. Your family's paper trail: which records exist and when they open
  8. Questions to ask the people who lived it
Your family lived these decades

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