Archive for memorabilia

How NOT to Save Your Photos

By Hazel Thornton on November 11, 2019 11 Comments
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Photos found in donated books (click to enlarge)

Have you ever hidden anything in a book? Maybe used a photo as a bookmark? I don’t recommend it as a way to save your photos! Here’s why:

I volunteer weekly for my local Friends of the Library. We price and sort donated books for our monthly used book sales (at which I also run a cash register), and we have a lovely used book shop in the Main library downtown which is open six days a week. We raise around $200K every year for library programs such as the Summer Reading Program for children.

Don’t forget to check your books before donating them!

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Climbing your never-ending family tree

By Hazel Thornton on April 29, 2019 8 Comments

7 Generation Pedigree Chart with sample projects indicated.

Your family tree is never really finished! It is forever growing on both ends. New descendants of your ancestors are continually being born (even if not to you, personally), and no matter how many branches and leaves you’ve added in the past, there are always more for you to discover.

It’s important to define your genealogy project, so you (or I) don’t work endlessly and randomly.

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What’s a photo without the story?

By Hazel Thornton on April 8, 2019 8 Comments

Who is this saucy young woman? Don’t know? Don’t care?

She looks like fun, though, doesn’t she?

What if you found this photo in a bin at Goodwill? For sale on eBay?

Would you buy it? Would you feel vaguely sad that somebody got rid of it, and move on?

What if you found her in your parents’ stuff and didn’t know who she was?

Would you keep, or toss? Would you try to find the story behind the photo?

Every photo has a story. If we don’t know what it is, maybe we can find out!

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Managing Memorabilia: 5 questions to ask before you start

By Hazel Thornton on April 2, 2018 3 Comments

We’ve all inherited and collected keepsakes and memorabilia. Are yours a legacy, or a liability? A blessing, or a burden? Are you afraid to open the boxes that have been languishing in your garage or storage unit? Do you feel overwhelmed by piles of your own photos, letters, kids’ artwork, and other tangible memories?

WARNING: Organizing memorabilia may cause you to re-think the way you currently live your life!

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