Addressing an envelope to a family is quite different from addressing an envelope to one single person. There are specific rules you should adhere to when addressing an envelope to a family.
The following information can be useful if that is what you are trying to do.
• Write down the surname family at the top of the address.
• When you are addressing an envelope to an entire family, you have two choices.
• You can use the family name to embody the whole family, or you can make the name above the address to be one of or some of the names of the family members.
• Write the last name of the family as the first line of your address.
• This notation is probably the best choice for communication.
• Use the plural structure of the family name.
• The plural family name is always after the word so that the result is in the appropriate forum.
• Instead of Martin, the last name should be written as the Martins or the Tanners to represent the whole family.
• Therefore, you don’t use the apostrophe.
• Most family names require an s at the end to become plural.
• Family names that end along with an s, sh, or x sound normally need es at the end.
• For example, the Roses or the Foxes.
• Address the envelope like normal.
• No matter which technique you use for the first line of your envelope’s address, the rest of the address is written as it would be for any other letter, under the first line containing the family name, write the street number or PO Box.
• On the final line, write the city, state, and postal code.