It all began because I was looking for a hand written index I made of the 200+ photos that were scanned when my MIL passed away 14 years ago.
I've decided that one day each week I need to devote to dealing with the family photos and genealogy materials that have accumulated in a very disorganized way around here. Yesterday was that day for this week. Today I hope to get back to sewing.
Yesterday I needed to stay upstairs most of the day while having a contractor working on our rain gutters because I can't hear the doorbell from my sewing room in the basement. So . . . I dug into that mess of genealogy "stuff" hoping to find that index list.
Remember last month when I finished up the books about my father-in-law during WW2? His siblings all have their copies now, and his sister asked if all 4 of her kids could get copies of their own. Since I was already planning to do copies of both for our daughters, it was easy enough to just get 6 copies of each book.
I wrote a letter to the nieces and nephew explaining what is in their package, clipped it to one book, and all 4 of these went to the post office at the end of the day yesterday. I'll hand deliver the books to our daughters next time we head that direction. I'm excited to have these all distributed.
Next, I removed all of the genealogy containers from my office closet, and began sorting in order to organize things better. Yes - there is A TON of stuff here. Guess that's because I've become the family historian. The smaller stack on antique chair is all stuff that needs to be copied and then given back to my sister-in-law. Yikes!!
The file boxes are now labeled for the branch of family to be found in each box. As I sort things they can go into the appropriate container for that lineage. What a big job!! Wonder how many weeks it will take to do this.
And it seems like the pile of old photos needing to be scanned is endless. I found this box that I didn't even know we had, all old photos from my in-laws. There are several boxes of old photos from my side of the family, and even from early in our marriage - waiting to be sorted and scanned too. Endless task . . .
And I still have NOT found that hand written list. Grrr!
2 comments:
Genealogy stuff does seem to grow when you aren't looking. I did some genealogy when we were in Texas, I should sort through all that. I've not looked at it in years.
Oh my what a big job you have been working on in the past and still going. Kudos to you. I am sure your family appreciates all your efforts.
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