I believe I posted this recommendation many moons ago, but within the past week there seems to be an increased feeling of regreet for what has not been done in the past. My wife, her sister and mother were looking at these two suitcases of old family photos one afternoon. As would be expected there were several photos that neither of them could identify. Out of the clear my mother-in-law commented that it sure was a shame that someone didn't write the name on the back. Being the nasty person that I am I asked her if she has written the names on the back of her photos. Her answer was classic (Hard headed German). Why should I? I know who they are! She is now 89 and still hasn't done it, why of course there is plenty of time. How many boxes do you have? Photos can convey more family history than some other official data, i.e. tombstones are cold and frequently convey errors. While a photo with a date is a heck of a lot more interesting. I'm 70 and knew two of my great grandparents and slug of Great Aunts & Uncles, which has helped in photo ID. Bill Surnames of Interest: BUCHHOLZ anywhere -BECKMANN-CASSIDY-DeL0NJAY-DREES-MOSBACHER-NENTWIG-NEUTZLER-PONCOT-RENSIN G-STAUDER-STIEFFERMANN ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
That's a good comment, by Bill. Makes me wonder what everyone is doing to insure that their genealogy, photos & records are preserved for future generations. Here is what I have done besides the usual scrap books, 1. Uploaded my genealogy records (deceased only) to the internet. 2. Scanned or digitally photographed old photos & records and saved it all to CDs & DVDs for easy distribution. 3. My current project is saving all those old home movies to DVDs. Fortunately our kids are also interested in genealogy, the rest of the family think we are the nuts in the family tree. Art Fallbrook, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: <kimbuc4@juno.com> To: <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 7:41 AM Subject: [StL-Metro] Re: Regrets > I believe I posted this recommendation many moons ago, but within the > past week there seems to be an increased feeling of regreet for what has > not been done in the past. > > My wife, her sister and mother were looking at these two suitcases of old > family photos one afternoon. As would be expected there were several > photos that neither of them could identify. Out of the clear my > mother-in-law commented that it sure was a shame that someone didn't > write the name on the back. Being the nasty person that I am I asked her > if she has written the names on the back of her photos. Her answer was > classic (Hard headed German). > > Why should I? I know who they are! She is now 89 and still hasn't done > it, why of course there is plenty of time. > > How many boxes do you have? > > Photos can convey more family history than some other official data, i.e. > tombstones are cold and frequently convey errors. While a photo with a > date is a heck of a lot more interesting. > > I'm 70 and knew two of my great grandparents and slug of Great Aunts & > Uncles, which has helped in photo ID. > > Bill > > Surnames of Interest: BUCHHOLZ anywhere > -BECKMANN-CASSIDY-DeL0NJAY-DREES-MOSBACHER-NENTWIG-NEUTZLER-PONCOT-RENSIN > G-STAUDER-STIEFFERMANN > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > If you haven't visited Dave Lossos' "Genealogy in St. Louis" website (http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/) you might want to take a look. > >