Chris, thanks for the piece about keeping family treasures. I have framed many things from my family. I have a piece of lace framed, and I recently framed four tea towels that had been hand-embroidered for my mother as a wedding shower gift. I used one towel as "table topper". I display many other items. My gggrandfather's railroad watch is on my mantel, as are my grandmother's opera glasses. I have many pieces of furniture that came from relatives from Ireland and Germany. I could go on and on. One of my sisters, who happens to prefer rather modernistic style, visited my home for the first time in many many years. She looked around and said, "My! Everything here is so .......... OLD." I howled. Genie > [Original Message] > From: Chris Goopy <cgoopy@optusnet.com.au> > To: Y-ireland <Y-IRL@yahoogroups.com>; Clare Projects <irl-clare-projects@rootsweb.com>; <The_Genealogical_Friends_Group@yahoogroups.co.uk> > Date: 5/15/2007 2:33:36 PM > Subject: [IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS] 1878 map of Washington, D.C. free download > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message