Nope, and I have to admit I'm not even sure where that stuff is right now. It might still be in my parents garage (which fortunately is my dad's domain so it's probably not been pitched). Actually now that I think about it, we took a window and I think a door out of the house before they burnt it down. I know that stuff is at my parents house and that my dad wouldn't have parted with it - he helped me take it :) --- On Thu, 11/20/08, Karen Zach <karen.zach@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > From: Karen Zach <karen.zach@sbcglobal.net> > Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Discussion topic > To: gostraka@yahoo.com, inmontgo@rootsweb.com > Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 6:07 PM > Oh, how awesome to have even a little "piece" of > your great grandather's house (have you framed it or > scrapbooked it to perserve it in some way?) -- for years > not even sure if I have it -- I had a piece of my great > grandparents' banister but never had a way to do > anything with it and we may have finally scrapped it (not as > in scrapbooking but ahhh, I hate to breath this - pitched it > forever gone to its eternal rest) KZ > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lena C." > <gostraka@yahoo.com> > To: <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 4:00 PM > Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Discussion topic > > > > There aren't really many "keepers" in my > family. My paternal grandmother keeps silly things, but not > much of any real sentimental value. My maternal grandparents > were keepers, but my mom and my aunt are both pitchers and > over the years they have gotten rid of everything except a > few pieces of furniture that have been in the family for a > while and the family photo albums (although there is still > an old coloring book in the cabinet that my sister and I > colored in when we were kids). I'm definitely a keeper > though and have some interesting things like scraps of the > wallpaper that was in my great-grandfather's homestead > from the time he bought it from his uncle in 1943 until he > moved out in 1998. I also went to where the house was (they > let the fire department burn it down as an exercise) and > gathered a bunch of the old square nails and picked up a few > of the old handmade bricks. I'm a packrat with general > stuff too, whoever has to clean out my house after I > > croak isn't going to like me very much :) > > > >> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:08:45 -0500 > >> From: "Karen Zach" > >> <karen.zach@sbcglobal.net> > >> Subject: [InMontgo] Discussion topic > >> To: <INMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com> > >> > >> Suzy A and I were talking about how our families > did/did > >> not keep things and what type of things they kept. > She told > >> me a darling story about her grandpa' > >> "My grandmother used to send Grandpa out > w/things for > >> the burn barrel. Then he'd sneak in the back > door of > >> the garage and store them in the garage loft. > That's > >> where most of the family things, esp. HIS family > things > >> were" > >> > >> Now, both of my grandmother's kept things -- > REAL > >> keepers - my Italian grandmother kept lots of > Italian > >> memories I have today and pictures of her family, > all > >> marked. She also kept a book every years of how > much she > >> spent and what she spent it on -- they're so > interesting > >> to read and compare the prices. My other > grandmother kept > >> literally everything -every paper every > everything. A > >> person could learn US history via her clippings - > Lindbergh > >> baby, all kinds of murders, she had a touch of the > macrabe > >> in her I think. I thank her actually for my > interest in > >> genealogy (although my other grandmother > contributed to that > >> as well as she'd mesmerize us on her front > porch nightly > >> telling tales of the old country) as I loved > reading the old > >> obits, deeds, etc (although she didn't write > on ANYTHING > >> to tell me who they were when they were but the > snoop I am I > >> figured it out:). Now, my mom, her daughter, > threw > >> absolutely EVERYTHING away. I have nothing from my > >> childhood, not a paper, a ! > >> letter, a certificate, nothing. I only have > >> grandmother's things as my aunt gave them to > me not long > >> before she died. So, who kept your stuff, how did > you get > >> it, etc. HOpefully, this will be a fun, lively > discussion > >> on Montgomery listserve :) Let's hear it > gang! > > > > > > > > > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message