Recently Ancestral Findings newsletter offered a free download of a map that may be of interest to some. http://www.ancestralfindings.com/ It is of Washington, D.C. and Fifteen Miles Around It, 1878 I appreciated this short piece about keeping family treasures. I have similar things around my place, but a lot of extras including the key my grandfather made - for the lock he made - for the office he built - in the house that he built... Ancestry Quick Tip 5/12/2005 - Archive Mementos From Mum's House My mother, still going strong at almost 99, was always keen to pass on treasures she'd kept from relatives, whether on her side of the family or my father's side. The ones that created the most difficulty were beautiful pieces of lace that had been kept from a special dress. Mum had kept them for many years, carefully wrapped in tissue paper in a dark area. These were given to me and brought from Scotland to Australia where I live. What to do with such lovely handiwork whilst preserving them for any future family member? These items are now encased in specially made frames in one room of my house and greatly admired by folks interested in family history. How nice it is to walk into this room and not see paintings or pictures hanging on the wall, but relics from the family past. I've even added a few things of my own so that the tradition will hopefully continue. Thanks to Gillian of Australia for today's Quick Tip posted by Chris

We have had similar situations. My mothers sister who died at age twenty one, had done a picture on cloth of I believe Mice of the World War II era. My sister took an put it in a frame to preserve it. Carla Chris Goopy <cgoopy@optusnet.com.au> wrote: Recently Ancestral Findings newsletter offered a free download of a map that may be of interest to some. http://www.ancestralfindings.com/ It is of Washington, D.C. and Fifteen Miles Around It, 1878 I appreciated this short piece about keeping family treasures. I have similar things around my place, but a lot of extras including the key my grandfather made - for the lock he made - for the office he built - in the house that he built... Ancestry Quick Tip 5/12/2005 - Archive Mementos From Mum's House My mother, still going strong at almost 99, was always keen to pass on treasures she'd kept from relatives, whether on her side of the family or my father's side. The ones that created the most difficulty were beautiful pieces of lace that had been kept from a special dress. Mum had kept them for many years, carefully wrapped in tissue paper in a dark area. These were given to me and brought from Scotland to Australia where I live. What to do with such lovely handiwork whilst preserving them for any future family member? These items are now encased in specially made frames in one room of my house and greatly admired by folks interested in family history. How nice it is to walk into this room and not see paintings or pictures hanging on the wall, but relics from the family past. I've even added a few things of my own so that the tradition will hopefully continue. Thanks to Gillian of Australia for today's Quick Tip posted by Chris __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Recent Activity 3 New Members 9 New Photos Visit Your Group SPONSORED LINKS Car rental ireland Ireland rental car Ireland vacation Ireland travel Ireland florist Yahoo! Travel View Travel Guides Things to do in 40,000+ cities Yahoo! TV Love TV? Listings, picks news and gossip. Y! GeoCities Share Your Resume Show off your talent and skills. . __,_._,___