This is slightly off-topic. First concerns the library, the other the List. 1.The library wants someone to lecture on interesting ways of displaying or preserving memorabilia. They have had the scrapbooking idea already - looking for another presentation that will demonstrate other creative ideas for a wide range of artifacts. If you know of someone in the St. Clair county area who might fill these shoes, please contact me with that person's information. 2. Perhaps some of you out there have an idea or two to share on the List along the memorabilia preserving lines. It would not necessarily have to be something you have done-maybe you saw it somewhere. For example, a woman I knew had collected spoons from every country she visited over the decades. She divided the collection amongst her heirs, each heir picking a certain number of spoons. Then the spoons were mounted in a shadow box lined with that special cloth used to wrap silverware. A memory about each spoon was typed and mounted on the back of the box. Any other ideas out there?

Hi Diane. I'm a member of the SCCGS as well as a board member of our local genealogy society (Elgin, IL) and we had a speaker back in 2003 from the Illinois Association of Museums. She drove up here (45 miles west of Chicago) from Springfield so I'm sure she would drive to Belleville. She spoke on the preserving family heirlooms and gave each attendee a very nice packet of information. I have an extra packet and would be happy to send it to you. We had a great turnout for that meeting and I'm sure you would as well. Please contact me off list with your mailing address if you would like the packet. Judy researching Farrell, Fansher, Ragan and Westerfield in East St. Louis Diane Walsh wrote: > This is slightly off-topic. First concerns the library, the other the > List. > > 1.The library wants someone to lecture on interesting ways of > displaying or preserving memorabilia. > > They have had the scrapbooking idea already - looking for another > presentation that will demonstrate other creative ideas for a wide > range of artifacts. > > If you know of someone in the St. Clair county area who might fill > these shoes, please contact me with that person's information. > > 2. Perhaps some of you out there have an idea or two to share on the > List along the memorabilia preserving lines. It would not necessarily > have to be something you have done-maybe you saw it somewhere. > > For example, a woman I knew had collected spoons from every country > she visited over the decades. She divided the collection amongst her > heirs, each heir picking a certain number of spoons. Then the spoons > were mounted in a shadow box lined with that special cloth used to > wrap silverware. A memory about each spoon was typed and mounted on > the back of the box. > > Any other ideas out there? > >

Three little words: label your stuff. What's the difference between memorabilia and old junk? Knowing what the item is, or who it depicts. This is way too simple and obvious to make a presentation on, but if we all did it, what a difference it would make. My grandmother, who lived to be 94, wrote labels and little notes on everything -- items that would be meaningless or incomprehensible if she hadn't taken the time to do so. Photographs especially, but also the sort of items no one could imagine -- like a toy horse made for her older brother, who died at age 7, the outside of which is made from their father's Civil War tent. Harold > 2. Perhaps some of you out there have an idea or two to share on the List > along the memorabilia preserving lines. It would not necessarily have to be > something you have done-maybe you saw it somewhere. Harold Henderson, hhsh@earthlink.net, looking for HENDERSON, MACRAE, DAVIDSON, JOHNSTONE in Scotland ANDERSSON/BORING, SVENSSON, BOGREN in Jönköping, Sweden STENBERG, JOHANSDOTTER in Skaraborg, Sweden THRALL in New England, Ohio, Illinois JAMES in Pembrokeshire, Wales; Pennsylvania, Ohio FLINT, GEDNEY in Lincolnshire, England; Illinois SCHREIBER, STOCKER in Kanton Aargau, Switzerland; Illinois JOSS, STAUDENMANN in Kanton Bern, Switzerland; Ohio, Illinois SCHOLES, MILLS in Lancashire, England; Wisconsin MOZLEY in Nottinghamshire, England; Pennsylvania, Wisconsin VAN NATTA/VAN ETTEN in New Netherlands, New York, Pennsylvania BOREN, LINHART, BLACK in Pennsylvania COCHRAN in North Carolina & Pennsylvania BASSETT, COON, BLISS, HUMPHREY, BURDICK, CAMPBELL, CRANDALL, DENISON in New England & New York http://wc.rootsweb.com/~hendersonscholes