Strong suggestion, especially re: photos!!
Contact a name-based genealogy group for a couple of surnames in that
line. GenForum.com has some. Post there, ask if anybody wants the
photos (AFTER scanning). Bonus: you may get some photos id'd by more
distant relatives.
Treasure. . . do not hasten to dump anything until you know for sure
what you have!
== Marjorie Wilser
=:=:=:Three Toad Press:=:=:=
"Learn to laugh at yourself and you will never lack for amusement." --MW
http://3toad.blogspot.com/
On Apr 27, 2011, at 12:09 PM, Land of Oz wrote:
I inherited a crapton of stuff from my grandmother's house. It's
been stored dry, but not clean, in my brother's barn for about 10
years until I brought it home last weekend. There was a lot more
than I brought, but I try not to think about that.
The only interesting textiles I've found so far are a veil/scarf of
some kind - extremely fine black lace. It was wadded up in a wood
box (like for cigars, only it says candy on the lid) and a bag of
hexagon quilt pieces that I haven't looked at closely. I don't know
if the lace is nylon or silk - it weighs next to nothing and is
fairly fragile. it's about 15" x 50" or so and looks like it would
have been for church or funerals. Oh - and a tanned mink skin in a
breadbag.
The photos, however are a treasure. I have one large rubbermaid tote
full of albums going back to the 1870s - most of the people are
identified, and there is at least one photo of a child in a coffin.
O.o There aren't too many dates on the actual photos, however.
There is a story inscribed on the flyleaf about how that album was
the only thing rescued from a house fire when the dad broke a window
from outside and reached in to get it off a bookstand.
There are two books inscribed to my grandfather in 1919 several
years before he graduated highschool. Both are military in nature
and full of photographs. I've looked them up on Amazon and they all
seem to be in the same condition as mine and are priced from $9 to
$900. lol There are some great photos of military uniforms of all
kinds, and everyday wear of people in Croatia, England and Germany
(and prob. others).
I also have my great grandfather's wood bound school slate and
another one from someone with the same last name (sibling?) and a
tiny pair of leather baby shoes with my dad's name on the bottom.
What does a person do with this kind of stuff? I don't have
infinite storage. My brother kept it all, but didn't do anything
with it either. I doubt much of it has a lot of value to people who
aren't related to the family in some way.
Denise
Iowa
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