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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
1510 Posts
Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
1510 Posts |
 Posted - Mar 28 2009 : 8:22:39 PM
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Today someone brought some old pictures in to the shop. They were all of the same old woman. Wedding, a baby picture with the same name on the back, one where it said Grand President of Psi ota Xi Sorority, military picture of a man with her in photo. I just couldn't help but think she was someones grandmother. I know I would want the pictures if it was my grandmother, aunt, or whomever. But I guess you never know a family's circumstances or if there be any descendants. The genealogy dept. will be to pick them up and try to track down some family. It's just sad to think such an accomplished and lively person ends up to be a picture in a tattered box. I wondered will her stories continue to be passed down, her wisdom, her love..... Just really sad to me. But then again, I'm an old softy. But I'm blessed to have pictures of my GGGgrandparents, and some of the stories passed down, I will share with my grandkids Lord willing.
~~Blessings, Mikki Jo
"Courage is being scared to death... but saddling up anyway" ***John Wayne
http://main.acsevents.org/goto/iloveyoumom
http://burningmeadowsprings.blogspot.com/
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Laura Marie
True Blue Farmgirl
419 Posts
Laura
Rancho Cordova
California
USA
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Posted - Mar 28 2009 : 9:55:23 PM
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Hey Mikki,
I have a friend who works for a nursing home and there are so many older people that don't have family and when they die all of their belongings are just tossed. There is no one there to claim it. He has snagged some beautiful pictures of women in the 20s all dressed up to go on the town. All sorts of stuff...it's just sad to think that there is no one to take this stuff and hand it down...=(
It makes me wonder who all those people are and what their stories are.
Farm Girl Hugs!
Laura Marie #369
www.lauramariedesign.com
"It's not the size of the farm but the size of your heart!"
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Mar 28 2009 : 10:22:19 PM
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Oh I am so glad I am not the only one who feels this way about old photos! My daughter's great grandmother (My grandma in law?) has an exquisite album chock full of family photos! We are going to get it professionally duplicated as some of those photos are really old!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
1510 Posts
Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
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Posted - Mar 28 2009 : 11:29:27 PM
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I inherited all of my grandparents photos after Grandpa passed away. There are some stories attached thats for sure. It's so sad like you said with the people in the Nursing Homes. I just ache thinking of them. It's hard for me to pass up all those old photos in antique stores that I see. I started researching our family tree not long before my grandfather passed and it amazed me the things I found out. I found a ggggggrandfather that I knew nothing of. And I finally got his Revolutionary War documents about 3 years ago. I found his grave and the historical society in KY had placed a stone in his honor showing he was in the Rev. War. We plan to go there soon. I do have a photo of it that I found online. It's been a chore but I just now am getting all my paper work finished for DAR. The Daughter's of The American Revolution. I had to prove my lineage back to my Rev. War Veteran. The documentation was hard to get, but now I'll be able to join. It was well worth the trouble.
~~Blessings, Mikki Jo
"Courage is being scared to death... but saddling up anyway" ***John Wayne
http://main.acsevents.org/goto/iloveyoumom
http://burningmeadowsprings.blogspot.com/
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Mar 29 2009 : 05:07:04 AM
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I have lots and lots of pictures of my family going back to the early 1800's. But when I go to the thrift and see a picture from long ago I feel like I should buy it and give it a home. Isn't that weird? I have a nice one of a real pretty young women holding a baby, still wonder who she was and where she was from.
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Mar 29 2009 : 05:57:39 AM
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That makes me think of the couple that built our house. They married before the house was built in '48. Lived here their whole married life. Never had kids. But she was a saver. Kept records of every penny she ever spent. She even kept a guest book and had anyone who ever came here sign it. Even workers like the power or water or phone guys. I never did find that book. They also built a little house next door fot the man. It was his getaway place. He had old 8x10 black and white photos all over the walls with a numbered note pad telling who each picture was. In the attic of this house were old pictures and newspaper clippings, wedding cards. She saved everything. Handwritten recipes. I kept all the recipe books and some of the pictures. I took all the 8x10's down to the old church they went to. She also was the secretary for that church and had all those records, too. But no children to pass all this on to. They had neices and nephews that came and took what they wanted but left tons of stuff here. She was in a nursing home for about 4 years and the houses were empty that long. But I still have some of their pictures and books here. It's sad when their is no family and so they are just thrown away and forgotten.
Now my family keeps everything! All my cousins, aunts and uncles. We keep every letter ever sent. My cousin who's dad just died recently found a bunch of old taped videos of all us cousins and he's going to have them made into dvd's for every family. I can't wait to see those. From '58-72. I was born in '58. So I'll get to see my fat little self. My mom lost all my baby pics when she moved one time when we were younger. So I just have what some family members send me. I guess that's why I take so many pictures now.
Kris
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kpaints
True Blue Farmgirl
1564 Posts
karen
cheney
wa
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Posted - Mar 29 2009 : 07:44:06 AM
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I have been thinking a lot about this subject lately. I guess now that I am going to be a grandmothere again, and the fact that my mother is now going on 86. I have been asking questions about family and really not getting a lot of info, not that my mom's memory is gone, but maybe a lack of interest on her part. You know, just too much trouble. I notice that she just does not really have any energy for much of anything. Oh, dear, here I come. Anyway, I have always been interested in old pics when I am in antigue stores and wonder who they were, what their lives were like. And why their families don't have the pics. I have brought and framed several. One of my favs is some men and women with guns on Thanksgiving. Kinda' fun! But I wish I had our family albums and knew who everyone was. I have been thinking of doing some voice recordings of history from my mom as her memory is good. And maybe doing some more research(I thought it had already been done).
This is a great topic, got me thinking I need to take some action before it is too late. Thanks, Mikki.
Find your joy and live it. http://cheneybaglady.blogspot.com/http://www.kpaints.etsy.com FG #377 |
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Mar 29 2009 : 08:07:24 AM
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Not too long ago, my sister and I bid on a group of cards on Ebay. They were from the 40s and 50s and we thought the images would be good for projects.
But, when they arrived it was like reading a story about someone's life. All the cards to the wife progressed from her Bill said things like, your sweetir, your lover. always your husband etc. There were birthday cards for their son Dougie from first birthday to 6th when hee was joined by little brother Craig.
We are actively trying to located Dougie and/or craig because we think they should have these treasures.
Michele
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
Love that good ole vintage junk |
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
1510 Posts
Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
1510 Posts |
Posted - Mar 29 2009 : 3:00:01 PM
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Michele, I hope you find their home. I would be doing the same thing you are doing. When we were taking care of my grandfather late one night I got in the closet looking for my old checker board. Out dropped an old valentine heart-shaped candy box. I opened it up and there was a stack of letters written by my grandparents when they first started courting and on into their first few years of marriage when papa left the KY coal mines looking for work in Indiana. The sweetest letters. That is one of my prized possessions. And cards of all kinds to my grandmother and grandfather from each other over the years. I found a letter I had written grandma when I was about 9. lol That was neat. Preserving our heritage is very important to me, as was researching our family tree. It took many hours of research upon days upon years worth, but so happy I spent the effort. I received pictures of my ggggrandparents from a very old lady whom is kin somewhere along the line. I even found pics of my greatgrandparents online from someone elses website soooo cool, along with aunts and uncles. I had never met that set of ggrandparents but I had one picture of them, so when I seen that picture of them load on my screen it took my breath away! I even found death certificates, civil war papers, wills, ect. It was wonderful. A lot of it I found on ancestry.com. I was amazed at the info other people had about my family!!!
~~Blessings, Mikki Jo
"Courage is being scared to death... but saddling up anyway" ***John Wayne
http://main.acsevents.org/goto/iloveyoumom
http://burningmeadowsprings.blogspot.com/
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babysmama
True Blue Farmgirl
931 Posts
Elizabeth
Iowa
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Posted - Mar 29 2009 : 3:37:44 PM
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My husband and I kept all the letters that we wrote to each other while "courting" and three states away from one another. We have a big box full with pictures we sent to one another and drawings, poems, and little things we tucked into the letters. Someday this box will be passed down to the kids and I hope it will be passed down generation to generation. I like reading through them myself every now and then, it reminds me of who I once was and how much we have both changed and grown together.
-Elizabeth
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Merry
True Blue Farmgirl
765 Posts
Merry
Ankeny
Iowa
USA
765 Posts |
Posted - Mar 29 2009 : 3:56:06 PM
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Sometimes when I go to antique barns I make up stories about things as I look at them. Like maybe this old teacup was someones favorite, or a gift from a friend. Or maybe this sugar bowl sat on someones table everyday for years and was witness to the life and loves of someone's life.
This is one of the reason why I love old vintage things, even if they weren't handed down to me from my own family, at least now they have a home with someone who loves them.
http://afarminmyheart.blogspot.com/
"Nobody has ever measured, not even poets how much the heart can hold."
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
1510 Posts
Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
1510 Posts |
Posted - Mar 29 2009 : 7:50:28 PM
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I love old vintage things also. I have an old wedding dress in my antique shop. I have it displayed hanging over an old trunk with an old journal and sewing basket and quilts. I'll be sad when it finds a home, because I've made my own story up for the sweet thing, lol.
~~Blessings, Mikki Jo
"Courage is being scared to death... but saddling up anyway" ***John Wayne
http://main.acsevents.org/goto/iloveyoumom
http://burningmeadowsprings.blogspot.com/
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
4309 Posts
Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2009 : 6:49:33 PM
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I am that way with old homes. I prefer them over new.. Only because of the stories I image are behind the walls, I love peeling back wall paper and finding layers of paper, or paint....When we bought our home in colfax years ago, someone had market their kids' growth on the door frame.. I put a protective coat over it... I thought it was worth preserving.
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
http://farmchicksfarm.blogspot.com/http://renenaturallyspeaking.blogspot.com/
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
1510 Posts
Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
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