tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post4157144762519842168..comments2024-03-03T16:35:25.083-05:00Comments on Marian's Roots and Rambles: Family Memoirs: A Lifetime of AddressesMarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738104230962644360noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-62709870055893442362012-04-26T10:53:50.180-04:002012-04-26T10:53:50.180-04:00Several years ago, I stumbled upon a website with ...Several years ago, I stumbled upon a website with some DIY gifts. One was a journal jar, a quart size jar full of writing prompts to record what you remember of your life. I made one up for my mother-in-law and recently she gave it to me. What a wonderful gift for her grandchildren. Here's the link. http://christmas.organizedhome.com/gifts-crafts-gift-tags/gifts-in-a-jar/adult-journal-jarBarbara Lass Gremplernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-27401497032007843982012-04-17T03:08:18.178-04:002012-04-17T03:08:18.178-04:00What a wonderful reminder for all of us! It's ...What a wonderful reminder for all of us! It's so easy in our quest of the past to forget we need to capture our own histories (and those of family members who think we are a bit daft in thinking anyone will care).Nancy Beachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-78257340408219146312012-04-12T23:22:21.703-04:002012-04-12T23:22:21.703-04:00Wow, Marian, that does kind of bring you up short!...Wow, Marian, that does kind of bring you up short! What an excellent suggestion. My address book has everyone else's addresses over the years...I will have to include mine while I can still remember, LOL!<br /><br />I hope some day I am in the area when you are doing a house history talk, they sound so interesting!Jenny Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17342746793201329515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-36838223471547076232012-04-11T05:52:29.718-04:002012-04-11T05:52:29.718-04:00The address book I have kept since I was 16 makes ...The address book I have kept since I was 16 makes interesting reading. I put my own address in the front and each time I moved, the old address was crossed out and the new one entered. It records all the places I have lived from high school,university, first job right up to the present.<br /><br />It contains a similar collection of address for the mobile people I have kept in touch with. Some people did not move, so only have one address records. Only one address might also mean that I just lost contact with that person.<br /><br />What is missing from the genealogical perspecitve are dates of changes of address, so I have left future genealogists something to do ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-69865891659093515302012-04-10T09:02:21.505-04:002012-04-10T09:02:21.505-04:00thanks for a great post and a timely warning to pr...thanks for a great post and a timely warning to preserve our own history...one of the reasons I write my blogis with an eye over my shoulder for family coming behind. I have no probs with the houses but the cars are a different matterCassmob (Pauleen)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18397134336319778519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-29896618206109945072012-04-10T07:53:28.922-04:002012-04-10T07:53:28.922-04:00Clare,
That's a great tip about the telephone...Clare,<br /><br />That's a great tip about the telephone books. I'm going to have to remember to do that. Funny enough I was throwing out some books just this week. And it will help my descendants because the phone book always writes our name wrong!<br /><br />MarianMarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04738104230962644360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-26502524956227663472012-04-10T07:36:31.440-04:002012-04-10T07:36:31.440-04:00Excellent advice Marion, I had never even thought ...Excellent advice Marion, I had never even thought of this. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-23046554545061477752012-04-10T07:22:04.365-04:002012-04-10T07:22:04.365-04:00Great blog. Good advice. I remember my previous ...Great blog. Good advice. I remember my previous addresses with telephone numbers. But that's right now. Who knows what I'll forget over time. Our genealogy group had a speaker come who encouraged us to write little blurbs each day as they would stir up memories that we might have forgotten. The one little blurb spawned whole stories that the group then related to the attendees. Another tip I've heard is to make a copy of the page you're on when you throw out your telephone book.<br /><br />I wish I had older relatives I could write. Sadly the entire older generation is gone.Clare Turncliff Gunningnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-48448529576070585052012-04-09T14:43:16.947-04:002012-04-09T14:43:16.947-04:00Excellent. Yes, actually. My wife (to be) gave me ...Excellent. Yes, actually. My wife (to be) gave me a slide-rule in a leather case for high school graduation. Through the years, I wrote each of our addresses on the flap. 15 addresses in 13 states, as I recall. It was useful for our 50th anniversary to gather photos of each of our residences. Now, if I could just find that leather case. Just kidding! ;-)<br /><br />I just sent two letters to my living (elderly) uncles asking about where their parents lived, around on small town, in the first half of the 20th century. So much I don't know about the early years of those grandparents, even though I lived around them for their last 20-30 years! ;-)Dr. Bill (William L.) Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857619677138020430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-71075029801033155452012-04-09T14:04:14.212-04:002012-04-09T14:04:14.212-04:00Marian, this is an excellent idea... I know a coup...Marian, this is an excellent idea... I know a couple of my addresses, but when I went to university I moved twice a year, and when I got married, we lived in 9 places in 13 years, and actually lived in several of those homes for over 2-3 years each (so you can imagine the chaos of my life then). Hmm, just that bit of info gives me more to write about! Thanks again for your thoughtful posts.Celia Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04096301290962083820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-53503689152972359092012-04-09T11:56:59.543-04:002012-04-09T11:56:59.543-04:00I wrote them all down, then went the extra step an...I wrote them all down, then went the extra step and added GPS co-ordinates. What an incredible thing to be able to see the satellite view of a tree I fell out of when I was 11. <br /><br />I would like to be able to GPS all census records so I can see where close neighbours lived in relation to each other, but that's trickier!JLhttp://www.jgen.ws/jlognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-52226068887988230042012-04-09T10:26:55.894-04:002012-04-09T10:26:55.894-04:00As hard an effort I sometimes exert trying to trac...As hard an effort I sometimes exert trying to track down the various addresses and time frames of various ancestors, I have never thought to make it easy for some future genealogist wishing to do the same for me. Excellent idea!Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.com