Nov 23
You may not have in your possession some of your family's heirlooms, but someone might. Of course, check with all your relatives (aunts, grandparents, cousins, etc) and share with them what you have. However, beyond your own family, some heirlooms might be held by people not related. The online site of 'Heirlooms Reunited' tries to match up those ...
Jun 13
Sometimes as a family history researcher we forget to check some things for clues that are right there all along. Your parents or grandparents, aunts-uncles may have kept old letters, postcards, birthday cards, wedding announcements / invitations or graduation cards for years. Go through scrapbooks, receipts for merchandise, or ledgers - anything w...
Feb 11
Yes, you may have tons of family photos, documents, letters, journals, etc saved by the family over the decades. The family keeper of such items tends to be one or two individuals each generation and you might be that person. By all means hold onto family heirlooms and treasures, even if not worth a great deal in cold hard cash -- to your f...
Jan 9
The 1960s was such a transition from established-traditional lifestyles to a more carefree-anything goes attitude. You surely have relatives who lived during that decade and remember it well. As with every decade there are certain words and phrases one can associate with the era. The words can come from events happening, music styles, cultural ...
Apr 15
My name is Meredith Ethington and I am so excited for the opportunity to take on this challenge of sharing, writing, and blogging all about scrapbooking your family history. Scrapbooking is a topic near and dear to my heart. So, is genealogy. I started scrapbooking almost 12 years ago when I was a full-time missionary for the Church of Jesus Chr...
Dec 8
Have you ever made your own Christmas tree ornaments? Maybe not since you were in elementary school. I still have a few of my ornaments that I made when I was a kid, and while they aren't the most beautiful on my tree, they definitely are the most meaningful ones. Besides, now that my kids are helping to decorate the tree, they like to see the old ...
Nov 28
Do you ever do any stitching on your layouts? If not, you should try it. It is a trend in the scrapbooking world that adds dimension and depth to layouts, and it can be fun too! I ran across this beautiful layout where there is a lot of stitching going on. Don't you love it? I do! It gave me an idea for a heritage layout that could be so much fun t...
Nov 10
When a parent passes away, often times this is the first experience that your child might have with death. Most people lose a grandparent first before any other type of family member. I know that my first experience with losing someone I loved was when my grandfather passed away. I was young, and didn't quite understand it. Subsequently, I have los...
Nov 8
The holidays are fast approaching and before we know it, we will be sitting around the tables or living rooms of those we love. Perhaps we will fall asleep on the couch in front of a football game after a nice feast of turkey and mashed potatoes, or maybe a game of flag football is in order. Perhaps, our children will be off in another room playing...
Nov 2
When someone passes away, it is easy to think about all the things that person taught you. Especially a parent or a grandparent. But, all kinds of people influence us in our lives. It doesn't have to be a parent that we pay tribute to, but anyone that is a great teacher, and influenced our lives in a way that will change us forever. Adding a lay...