[or-roots] From left to right

[Connie Guardino]

Pictures are so precious to me because I lost everything but the shirt on my back in a 1991 house fire. This
is so ironic. I had been the keeper of my Scottish heritage family album for many years, with the
unfulfilled intention that I was going to have it rebound. My mother finally asked for it back just before
the fire! Had I not given it back, that side of the family would have gone up in flames. Pictures are our
most valued possessions because they usually cannot be replaced. I know my tragedy is somewhat off topic,
but I urge everyone to treat their photos like the precious gems that they are, and to take the time to
identify everyone in the pictures. Your family wealth is in these images.

Connie Guardino
Racine, Wisconsin

Kith-n-Kin wrote:

> What a wonderful idea!
>
> I can remember going through my parent's and grandmother's scrap books and albums many times - what a
> wonderful time that was. Wish I could say that we identified everything, but we didn't.
>
> Interesting to note that at age 61, I haven't done that too much with my own children. Or my husband, for
> that matter.  Not as much interest, I guess.
>
> But, something to get to soon, you never know. . . .
>
> Pat (in Tucson)
>
> Still looking for living members of the Palmer, Graves, Glover, Parks, and allied families from Marion
> County.
>
> P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> [mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us] On Behalf Of
> Chris Havnar
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 20:00
> To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us; Cecil Houk
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] From left to right
>
> Cecil,
>
> My mother and I did go through many of her pictures and we
> either wrote the names on the back of the picture, or put a
> page in with the picture with people identified.
>
> BUT..... when my m-i-l passed there were tons of pictures that
> we thought were friends, school chums, etc.  And we spent quite
> some time identifying some of them ....  And it is driving me
> crazy .... is this family to save and attempt to identify ...
> are these school chums that should either go in the trash or to
> that county historical society and see if they can identify .....
>
> When Mom and I did her pictures, there are lots of pictures
> where there is an index card in the front, something along the
> lines of "Trip to Alaska ..... My memories only, Mom" and then
> other folders that say things like "Girls from the Dorm"
>
> Just a thought ....
>
> May work for other people, may not.
>
> Mom has more surgery this year, and this time I get the second
> two weeks, not the immediate first two weeks, and I'm thinking
> that I'd love to see her high school, college scrap books.
> Gives her something to talk to me about, keeps her set while
> the knee is healing, and it is something we haven't done
> before, and if there is a wonderful family story, perhaps we
> can write it down before I mess up all her family stories.
>
> Chris
>
> At 10:52 PM 4/19/2004 -0700, Cecil Houk wrote:
> >>>>
> >>SNIP<<
>
> If you have photos in your possession that are not annotated,
> and you know who they are, write the names on the backs of the
> photos BEFORE you delete this message.  "Mother" and "me" don't
> get it (I have one of those from 1935; but I know who "me" is
> because I knew "me" (Fern Anderson nee
> unknown) 1949 untill her death.
>
>
> Cecil Houk, ET1 USN Ret.
>
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