{"id":61487,"date":"2020-09-14T13:52:04","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T17:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=61487"},"modified":"2020-09-17T11:38:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T15:38:54","slug":"old-time-parenting-family-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/old-time-parenting-family-advice.html","title":{"rendered":"Old Time Parenting &#038; Family Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Introduction:<\/em><\/strong><em> In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find advice our ancestors gave and lived by. Mary is a genealogist, author, and editor with a strong technology background who has written and collected some of the funniest, quirkiest, or most touching sayings about genealogy that she\u2019s encountered in her career as a family historian. Please attribute this article if sharing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ever curious about families and the advice they heeded (or ignored), I recently turned to GenealogyBank\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/explore\/newspapers\/all?utm_source=social&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&s_referrer=social&s_siteloc=blog&s_trackval=SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&kbid=69919&pq=1&prebuy=no&intver=&CCPRODCODE=\">Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n<p>Was the advice our ancestors read about and shared much like today \u2013 or were there huge differences in opinions? I\u2019ll let you be the judge if we should follow any of this advice today. Some of it may be surprising!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advice to Girls, Men and Parents (1840)<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61491\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61491\" style=\"width: 644px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-dressing-the-bride.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-dressing-the-bride.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: \u201cDressing the Bride,\u201d stereo photo, 1907\" width=\"644\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-dressing-the-bride.jpg 644w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-dressing-the-bride-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u201cDressing the Bride,\u201d stereo photo, 1907. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Among advice to a wide variety of types of people, you\u2019ll find thoughts in this 1840 newspaper article for young girls, young men and parents.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Advice to young girls:<\/strong> Never marry a boy whose mamma is afraid to have him go on the water, or whose papa cannot tell the difference between the toothache and the lock-jaw.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advice to young men:<\/strong> Have it fairly understood before you wed, whether you intend to marry an individual, or an entire family.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advice to parents:<\/strong> Do not let a silly ambition hazard the happiness of your children, nor your chagrin at the discovery of your own folly betray you into a violation of your obligations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61497\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61497\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A109C88C3000E7338%40GB3NEWS-12FAA5F67AC1A040%402393452-12FA4A6F3194C790%400-13017B3C2462E677\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/alexandria-gazette-newspaper-1212-1840-advice.jpg\" alt=\"Advice column, Alexandria Gazette newspaper article 12 December 1840\" width=\"512\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/alexandria-gazette-newspaper-1212-1840-advice.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/alexandria-gazette-newspaper-1212-1840-advice-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/alexandria-gazette-newspaper-1212-1840-advice-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, Virginia), 12 December 1840, page 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Advice on Schooling (1875)<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61503\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61503\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-girls-in-classroom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61503\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-girls-in-classroom.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: \u201cGirls in Classroom Viewing Stereographs through Stereoscopes,\u201d stereo photo, c. 1908\" width=\"604\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-girls-in-classroom.jpg 604w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-girls-in-classroom-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u201cGirls in Classroom Viewing Stereographs through Stereoscopes,\u201d stereo photo, c. 1908. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This good idea is short and succinct, and I feel certain most of us would agree that parents should occasionally visit the public schools.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61507\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61507\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A16A0C17953586D9C%40GB3NEWS-164A20E0208E1833%402406192-164A20EBD0C3DD9C%403-164A20EBD0C3DD9C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/iola-register-newspaper-1030-1875-parents-schools.jpg\" alt=\"An article about public schools, Iola Register newspaper article 30 October 1875\" width=\"614\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/iola-register-newspaper-1030-1875-parents-schools.jpg 614w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/iola-register-newspaper-1030-1875-parents-schools-300x49.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iola Register (Iola, Kansas), 30 October 1875, page 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Advice on Training Children (1879)<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61509\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61509\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-wedding-party.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-wedding-party.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: \u201cThe Wedding March,\u201d c. 1906\" width=\"615\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-wedding-party.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-wedding-party-300x284.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u201cThe Wedding March,\u201d c. 1906. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This 1879 newspaper article advised that \u201cin the good old times\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cGirls and boys did not marry with the idea that they would try it awhile, and if not suited get a divorce. Neither did our ancestors call out in despair for a \u2018child-tamer\u2019&#8230; I can give advice on this subject of training children. Learn to train yourself first. Set your children a good example; never <em>lie<\/em> to them\u2026\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61515\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61515\" style=\"width: 597px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A11A73E5827618330%40GB3NEWS-1233F41D6693BF68%402407538-123057855B9A15F8%403-12D5D50275C9BAC8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/oregonian-newspaper-0707-1879-advice.jpg\" alt=\"Advice column, Oregonian newspaper article 7 July 1879\" width=\"597\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/oregonian-newspaper-0707-1879-advice.jpg 597w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/oregonian-newspaper-0707-1879-advice-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), 7 July 1879, page 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Advice for Boys at Night (1889)<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61519\" style=\"width: 657px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-post-office.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-post-office.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: \u201cWest Front of General Post Office, with South Portico of Patent Office,\u201d Washington, D.C., stereo photo, 1859\" width=\"657\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-post-office.jpg 657w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-post-office-300x149.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u201cWest Front of General Post Office, with South Portico of Patent Office,\u201d Washington, D.C., stereo photo, 1859. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In reading this next newspaper article, I found it interesting that it refers to visits to the post office in the evening \u2013 but perhaps it makes sense that mail would be picked up after working hours. Apparently, children would go to watch and end up creating a disturbance, \u201cscuffling and yelling like savages\u201d \u2013 resulting in this next advice.<\/p>\n<p>The author, resorting to sarcasm, says that the adults trying to do serious post office business are getting in the way of the boys\u2019 \u201crights\u201d to engage in their roughhouse play:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cA public indignation meeting should be held and resolutions passed condemning this intrusion upon the rights of the boys. And if after this their rights are not respected, it perhaps would be a good idea for parents to keep their boys at home nights.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61523\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61523\" style=\"width: 593px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A16172D94C0111FD0%40GB3NEWS-1652AC5901EDA252%402411288-1652AC6A6DDD0E41%403-1652AC6A6DDD0E41\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pullman-herald-newspaper-1012-1889-boys-post-office.jpg\" alt=\"An article about the post office, Pullman Herald newspaper article 12 October 1889\" width=\"593\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pullman-herald-newspaper-1012-1889-boys-post-office.jpg 593w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pullman-herald-newspaper-1012-1889-boys-post-office-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pullman Herald (Pullman, Washington), 12 October 1889, page 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Housework (1892)<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61527\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61527\" style=\"width: 571px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-clothes-washing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-clothes-washing.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: \u201cThe Young Housekeeper \u2013 Washing Day,\u201d stereo photo, c. 1870\" width=\"571\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-clothes-washing.jpg 571w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-clothes-washing-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u201cThe Young Housekeeper \u2013 Washing Day,\u201d stereo photo, c. 1870. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then there is housework \u2013 in the past, more relegated to women than men. This 1892 newspaper article advised:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt would be a good idea for mothers to give daughters lessons in housework and to exact from them the performance of certain household duties each day. If this was more generally done there would be far less incompetency in the home and more happiness in general life. Work is a blessing in almost any form.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61533\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61533\" style=\"width: 483px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A1243C89DEE4DC187%40GB3NEWS-124B0EF2413058AC%402412330-124682E916BFB1DE%401-124682E916BFB1DE\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/jersey-journal-newspaper-0819-1892-housework.jpg\" alt=\"An article about housework, Jersey Journal newspaper article 19 August 1892\" width=\"483\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/jersey-journal-newspaper-0819-1892-housework.jpg 483w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/jersey-journal-newspaper-0819-1892-housework-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jersey Journal (Jersey City, New Jersey), 19 August 1892, page 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Mother-in-Laws (1895)<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61535\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61535\" style=\"width: 443px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-family-portrait.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-family-portrait.png\" alt=\"Photo: \u201cEmlen Cresson, His Mother Sarah Emlen Cresson, His Wife Priscilla Pritchett Cresson, and His Mother-in-Law Mrs. Edith Hatten Pritchett,\u201d c. 1844\" width=\"443\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-family-portrait.png 443w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-family-portrait-277x300.png 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u201cEmlen Cresson, His Mother Sarah Emlen Cresson, His Wife Priscilla Pritchett Cresson, and His Mother-in-Law Mrs. Edith Hatten Pritchett,\u201d c. 1844. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Finally, this last piece of advice applies today. Although mothers know much about their sons:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt would be a good idea for mothers-in-law to let their daughters-in-law alone where domestic matters are concerned, unless their advice is asked.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61537\" style=\"width: 439px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A1615FE66169896C7%40GB3NEWS-16458C0F96B39964%402413416-16458C27DC1BA909%404-16458C27DC1BA909\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/middletown-transcript-newspaper-0810-1895-mothers-in-law.jpg\" alt=\"An article about mothers-in-law, Middletown Transcript newspaper article 10 August 1895\" width=\"439\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/middletown-transcript-newspaper-0810-1895-mothers-in-law.jpg 439w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/middletown-transcript-newspaper-0810-1895-mothers-in-law-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Middletown Transcript (Middletown, Delaware), 10 August 1895, page 5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I had a lot of fun with this article, so if you are looking for activities to engage the students in your life, I can recommend having them look up more of our ancestors\u2019 advice in old newspapers. It will certainly drive a lively conversation at the dining table \u2013 and maybe help them look at their ancestors in a different light.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any \u201cold time\u201d advice that passed through your family, please leave a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find advice our ancestors gave and lived by. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":61545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12641],"tags":[39981,2020],"class_list":["post-61487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-humor-sayings","tag-advice-columns","tag-newspaper-archives"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/photo-0914-2020-featured-graphic-wedding-march.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61487"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61549,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61487\/revisions\/61549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}