Marnie, my mother and I have started on the same sort of project. She has
gone through all the old albums and marked up who is who, and when I was in
the UK recently a cousin pulled out another set of albums in which my
mother's sister had done the same thing! The photos go back to about 1875,
and there is no way that anyone younger than my ma could identify some of
the people in them.
The other thing we have been working on is a definitive family tree, and
I've put together a basic database showing who belongs to who - nothing
fancy, just parent, dates of birth and death, spouse etc. That sort of
structure allows me to search through branches fairly easily.
Must keep it updated - I'm finding relatives I'd forgotten all about!
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
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Subject: Re: Semi-OT (but photography): Some Family History
I have a stack of old family photos, and I keep thinking I should get them
scanned, fix them up (some are rather aged) and make a collage of them or
something.
Shame for them just to keep deteriorating. And some people (my nephews,
say)
might not know who they are all are (I could make some notes on the
back --
attach a sheet). I have them of ancestors on my mother's side and on my
father's
side. Since Mom, at 91, has outlived most of her and my father's
relatives,
she has ended up with a lot of pictures.
Preserving family photographic history is more important than most think.
Usually negatives are not saved or were not available in the first place
if they
were studio portraits.
Marnie aka Doe
