I am a social worker who deals with older people. One of my clients shared how they are passing on their family heritage to their children. This couple writes a chapter of their lives, complete with pictures, documents etc. for each of their 10 children. They give one chapter each Christmas. By concentrating on just one period of their lives, and spending a year on it, the resulting chapter is quite impressive. They are very much interested in genealogy (DAR member) so are very thorough in their information and documentation. By the time they finish, the family will have a wonderful book of their family heritage. I thought this was such a wonderful idea that I wanted to share it with all of you. Charlene Woodring Kim Hall wrote: > Bud & Candy, > Thanks for the Ideas, especially how to store the items placed in a time capsule to preserve them.. I didn't know that the pictures of today aren't as well made as they were years ago... I do plan on adding letters and stories............and documents. What great ideas you have added!!! Thanks, I knew I could count on this list to help!!!!! Happy Holidays!!!! Kim > ----- Original Message ----- > From: BnLFAMILY@aol.com > To: KYJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, December 11, 1999 7:20 PM > Subject: Re: The future > > Kim: > One of the nicest things I've seen to be left for generations to come was > handed out by the celebrating couple at a 50th wedding anniversary. It was > an album type thing or book if you will, just a Xerox copy, but very nice. > It was put together by the couple themselves, no publisher or anything like > that. > It had several generations of pictures, all identified. It had a very nice > genealogy in it. And it had (best of all) family stories handed down from > several generations and up to the present generation. These stories, the > real history of the family, are what I think made it so special. There were > copies of birth, marriage, and death records where appropriate, and even some > land records. A person could include whatever they would like to include, > but should always include stories whether today's person thinks it is > interesting or not. A few generations from now that story probably will be > interesting. > I found an old newspaper article one time about someone selling eggs - a lot > of them. I sent the article to a descendant who had no idea the family had > ever even had a chicken except to eat. > Just some ideas. Good luck. > Bud Caudle > > ==== KYJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > Comments or suggestions pertaining to this list may be sent to: > annapplegate@maysvilleky.net > Visit the Johnson County Historical Society homepage: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjchs/johnson.html > > ==== KYJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > Comments or suggestions pertaining to this list may be sent to the listowner, Ann Lemaster-Applegate > annapplegate@maysvilleky.net > Visit the Johnson County Historical Society homepage: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjchs/johnson.html