tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048802889987437621.post7282684686167575819..comments2023-10-30T10:47:05.298-04:00Comments on I Never Knew My Father: Where’s YOUR Family “STUFF”?sjtaliaferrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04485340969813958339noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048802889987437621.post-16354794198839710822010-06-09T21:31:52.285-04:002010-06-09T21:31:52.285-04:00I loved your post and can really relate as we are ...I loved your post and can really relate as we are cleaning out the family home. My family now knows that there are certain things that they had better just set aside for me to go through. Some of those "old rotten papers" have turned out to be pretty valuable from a historical standpoint to our family.<br /><br />I think/hope they are starting to get the picture.Michelle Goodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427355155193196767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048802889987437621.post-20694024622516747352009-09-13T10:10:19.146-04:002009-09-13T10:10:19.146-04:00What a great post - I have to admit I was also pra...What a great post - I have to admit I was also practically screaming "NO" when I got to the part about your Aunt throwing out pictures!! <br /><br />It's taken some time, but fortunately I'm now well know in my family as the one who wants any and all old "stuff". My relatives all know that when there is a box that they classify as "junk" that they are to call me right away. I have some great stuff as a result of this reputation.Diana Ritchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05954839264299339937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048802889987437621.post-14083980870039295302009-09-13T10:01:23.356-04:002009-09-13T10:01:23.356-04:00Hey Sandra,
Thanks so much for this post! I often...Hey Sandra,<br />Thanks so much for this post! I often feel like I'm the only one whose family members seem so disinterested or unwilling to supply any artifacts to aide in my research. I hear those comments about not having anything, or not knowing where it is all the time! Not only that, but as I've mentioned in my blog, I even have a relative who just blatently REFUSES to allow me to see the pictures he has, or to interview him! It's hard for me to imagine why any of our family members wouldn't want to support the work we're doing, but thanks for giving us all this bit of encouragement to press on, and to continue (or in some cases, start) to preserve our families' STUFF!Renate Yarborough Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05289031155721526652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048802889987437621.post-50343285913814722002009-09-13T03:42:16.789-04:002009-09-13T03:42:16.789-04:00Hi Sandra,
This is major!
As Luckie says, "S...Hi Sandra,<br /><br />This is major!<br />As Luckie says, "Spread The Word!"<br /><br />We have to inform our people that not only are we 'genealogists' documenting our lineage - we are re-constructing and re-writing our collective memories, our history!<br /><br />I cringe when I hear of the destruction of the artifacts of our being. That's what those old photographs, letters, and bibles are, artifacts of our being.<br /><br />Our ancestors had EVERYTHING stripped from them. Their families, their countries, their clothes, their cultures, their pride, their dignity.<br /><br />When they had the opportunity to RE-BUILD, they did so, one object, one photograph, one bible, one letter at a time.<br /><br />We got to hold on to and save every scrap of inference that says we were here, we are here, and we will be here. It is our evidence. And it matters.<br /><br />Wow. I just wrote my next post in your comments.<br />Thank you for the inspiration!<br /><br />Peace,<br />"Guided by the Ancestors"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048802889987437621.post-67935523910137926742009-09-13T02:27:27.321-04:002009-09-13T02:27:27.321-04:00Love it, love it, love it! Spread the word San!
W...Love it, love it, love it! Spread the word San!<br /><br />What do they say -- one man's trash is another man's treasure?!:-)<br /><br />Interesting, my Mom Geraldine also gave herself a middle name because she didn't have one & guess what? It was also LOUISE!<br /><br />Guess great minds think alike!:-)<br /><br />Luckie.Luckiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747339234820634005noreply@blogger.com