Apologies for the slow response to Lynda mailing on the Cheshire and 'oooppss' on the Staffordshire Lists - life got in the way - but now here are more of my thoughts: bear with me. I really liked Lynda's suggestion of looking for funding for a Social History Memorability Project/Collection. I like it because it supports the concept of the universality of family history so clearly shown in the book (Liberty's Dawn' by Emma Griffin). There is always a dichotomy found in Family History research. Each family is unique within itself whilst being generic at its core and I have discovered that actually, by sharing other families' experiences and memories, I'm able to get a clearer picture of my own. I've found myself punching the air and yelling 'Yes, yes' as I read Griffin's words. The evidence she cites supports and gives credence to my half confirmed suspicions, doubtful memories and unconnected memorabilia within my own family. So, prompted by the book and Lynda's suggestion, I was thinking of a collection of a wider range of material than Family Bibles which, on the whole, give names, relationships and dates but little else. I note from oooppss that there are already several websites which relate to Family Bibles but they are largely commercial sites and not quite what I, or I believe Lynda, had in mind. Also, I'm fuelled on a personal level. I'm currently concerned with all my own families memorabilia - mostly inherited - and what will become of it when I shuffle off . I'm one of those with almost no close relatives, and the few that I have show no interest (as yet). So to clarify I've made a list of just some of my possessions - sadly no diaries - which might be kept/copied in such a Collection. . My paternal g-grandfather's (1817-1882) notebook containing his sermon notes, gleanings and jottings used in his role as a local preacher in the United Methodist Free Church, Bradford, Manchester which he was instrumental in setting up in 1850 (offered to but declined by Manchester Local Studies Centre, St Peter's). . My maternal grandmother's (1872-1941) national school (Poynton) exercise book. . My father's (1889-1956) Nature Diary (private school in Poynton). . My father's autobiography detailing his early childhood in Poynton, education at Manchester Grammar & University, emigration and early working years in the Canadian Bank of Commerce, his return to enlist in WW1 and his later years farming in Derbyshire. . An aunt's (1893-1926) photographs and letters written on her journey to France as a member of the WAAC in WW1. She served as a telephonist. . My maternal g-grandfather's (1839-1893) Ancient Order of Shepherd's regalia and Treasurer's account book (successfully donated to Manchester Record Office). . Paternal Family Bible (19-20thC). . Paternal Victorian Family Photograph Album (19thC). . Various autograph books, scrapbooks, letters, funerary cards, - even clothing. I'm drowning! I can't be the only one with similar material - there must be many of us. I recognise that I'm moving the goalposts to those of Social History rather than simple Family History but in the national Museums and Archive Collections the somewhat rougher, tougher, everyday history of the Commoner often gets overlooked and ultimately lost. Maybe - just maybe - we could recover some of it. Anything recorded on paper could be relatively easily put on a website. The technology is there but it comes at a cost. I'm thinking on . Ruth