Hello all, I wondered if anyone had information on how best to protect a lock of hair? Perhaps this isn't a genealogy question, but I have a lock of my great-grandfather's hair that my great-grandmother cut right after he died. He was 28 years old when he died in 1907. The lock of hair along with a 1907 nickel were kept together in an envelope. I'd like to find a way to protect the hair which appears to be in good shape, although I'm not sure if the color has been shaded by time and chemicals from the paper and nickel. Thank you. Joel http://www.mindspring.com/~jsruss/

The internet is a great place: a few words in Google got me to - <http://www.hairworksociety.org/> It's an organization dedicated to Victorian hairwork jewelry! (There was a lot of it) and seems to abound in information. If this weren't a busy week I'd spend a morning there, since I've also got some locks of hair I'd like to preserve. But they may not be that fragile. Just the other night I saw a TV show about bodies found in peat bogs in Ireland - with abundant hair still in place on their heads. Good luck! Judy On Jan 25, 2007, at 7:13 AM, Joel S. Russell wrote: > Hello all, > > I wondered if anyone had information on how best to protect a lock of > hair? Perhaps this isn't a genealogy question, but I have a lock of > my great-grandfather's hair that my great-grandmother cut right after > he died. He was 28 years old when he died in 1907. The lock of hair > along with a 1907 nickel were kept together in an envelope. I'd like > to find a way to protect the hair which appears to be in good shape, > although I'm not sure if the color has been shaded by time and > chemicals from the paper and nickel. > > Thank you. > > Joel > http://www.mindspring.com/~jsruss/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Guidelines: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

We have a lock of hair from our great grandma along with our great grandpa civil war discharge. He died in 1917 and she died in 1918. Both are in good condition and they are in the same envelope they were put in all those years ago. Lin -----Original Message----- From: iljackso-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:iljackso-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joel S. Russell Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:14 AM To: germans-stlouis@rootsweb.com; iljackso@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILJACKSO] Lock of hair Hello all, I wondered if anyone had information on how best to protect a lock of hair? Perhaps this isn't a genealogy question, but I have a lock of my great-grandfather's hair that my great-grandmother cut right after he died. He was 28 years old when he died in 1907. The lock of hair along with a 1907 nickel were kept together in an envelope. I'd like to find a way to protect the hair which appears to be in good shape, although I'm not sure if the color has been shaded by time and chemicals from the paper and nickel. Thank you. Joel http://www.mindspring.com/~jsruss/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message