I agree!!!! I think pictures are a major part of our history, and have often went "picture hunting". Nagging cousins and relatives for any of their dear pictures that I might be able to copy. <grin> I am currently working on my "genealogy album" that will be passed to whoever the rest of the material is passed to. The rest of my pictures, I make sure to write who they are and when it was taken. Anyway, I think your plan of writing at least 1 page a week is a great idea! I also think doing this with memories of childhood or things you have learned, etc. once a week, is a great thing to start. Jackie >From: SPrimeMD@aol.com >To: ELLIS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ELLIS-L] Keeping Family History Alive >Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 13:09:13 EDT > >This was sent to another list & comes to me third hand but it seems as if >it >offers some inspiration as well as some good advice. In short: Do it >before >it's too late. > >My comments and some helpful hints follow the poem . . . > >"Notes on a Family Album" by Mary F. Heisey > >I sit before some photographs >of people I don't know. >Mom said, "They are your relatives," >But that was long ago. > >She used to get the album out >And put me on her knee: >Then pointing, with a story line >Tell family history. > >The captions used were all her own, >Each time developed new. >We never thought to write them down >Before her life was through. > >I see some family features now: >I have begun to care. >Since Mom is gone, I cannot ask, >"Whose picture is that there?" > >If you have photo's in a book >Without a caption, too. >Go get a pen and label them, >Or you may wonder, "Who?" > >------------- > >I make a practice of assigning myself that I must make a double sided page >each week. This is the only way my 4 children & 3 grandchildren will know >my >grandparents and those relatives who came before me & are now gone. It's >only easy for me to do because I keep it very simple & I keep my basic >supplies in a basket next to my bed. If I had to carve out time for fancy >stuff it wouldn't get done. This way I have at LEAST 52 new pages every >year, >no matter how lazy I am. > >If my page of the week isn't completed by Saturdan night thatt's when I sit >with my husband & while we watch a movie I complete a page, which takes >perhaps 10 to 15 minutes for each side. If you've thought of doing this & >have concerns that it will take too much time, I'll volunteer to help you. > >Does anyone think it would be a good idea to start a group that would be an >"encouragement" circle for those of us who are interested in making family >albums as a way of keeping family history alive? > >a fellow researcher, >Susan McMackin Reynolds > >Connect to me & others who share your GENEALOGY interest at > http://www.planetall.com/main.asp?s=1043&cid=966275 > >Need More Computer Memory to keep track of dead relatives? > http://www.myaffiliateprogram.com/u/amnesia/b.asp?id=1062 > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com