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31
Jul

Unearthing a Family Picture Gem that was Buried for almost 50 years

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Wyoming (near Yellowstone or Cody), late 1950s. Over 45 years later and I’m seeing this gem for the first time! My Grandpa took his boys, my Dad and Uncle and their cousin G, out on an adventure. I wonder what their perspective of “the West” was at this time? My grandparents, who are now 91 […]

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30
Jul

The First Family Photo I Ever Saw of my Granddaddy as a Young Boy

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My grandaddy (bottom left), his siblings and his cousins in the early 1950s. I have many photos of my mom’s maternal side of the family, but not many of my mom’s paternal side. This is the first photo I ever saw of my granddaddy from when he was a young boy. I love his priceless […]

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24
Jul

What I Learned When I Documented My Grandmother’s Life Story

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“All personal photographs are trying to get lost. Whether they are tucked away in a photo album or existing as ones and zeroes in a computer hard drive, it takes work from their caretakers to protect personal images.” – @toddwemmr I had the pleasure of assembling my great grandmother’s Life Story four years ago after […]

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19
Jul

What we unearthed when we started scanning all of our old family photos

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So far this year, my family has celebrated a 16th, 21st, 25th and 50th birthday and a 25th, 30th and 60th wedding anniversary. Now we celebrate the first of two 80th birthdays happening this summer. It’s a very special one: my Mom’s! As part of this milestone celebration, we digitized Mom and Dad’s 8mm movies […]

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14
Jul

This is how I like to remember my grandfather

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I received a call at work that was vague and worrying. It was from my mother, telling me to leave work right away. When I arrived at the house, she was in tears, sitting in the corner of her bedroom on the floor. I had lost my grandfather, G.W. Marts. I was in shock, and […]

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12
Jul

The only photograph I have of my parents when they were young and in love

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My parents Carlo Gabriele and Elena Conte as boyfriend and girlfriend in 1948 or 1949. This picture is important to me because maybe it’s the only photo of my parents as boyfriend and girlfriend that I have. I have photos of my mother as a young girl, my father as a young boy, but just this one […]

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11
Jul

Family Photos Highlight Classic Summertime Stories

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“Life is all memory except for the one present moment that goes by so quick you can hardly catch it going.” – Tennessee Williams 1973. Summertime memories on the Little Big Horn river in eastern Montana. This was the first fish I ever caught and it shows on my face! ~shared by @missheidilouise View on […]

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09
Jul

Meet the woman who shaped my life and left a legacy of astounding love

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Last week my maternal grandmother passed away. She was born in 1930 and lived 84 amazing, gritty, loving, open, honest, and creative years. Here she is on her wedding day with her first husband, Eugene H. Klein, in May 1950 in Cook County, Illinois. I am grateful to have known my grandmother for 36 years, […]

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06
Jul

The greatest family history discovery I’ve ever made

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Meet my great grandmother Edith, pictured here in San Diego. I think she is pregnant with my grandmother and her twin, and if so, this photo was taken around 1913. Luckily, Edith had an older child from a first marriage and photos of her were passed down to his descendants, which is how I got […]

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03
Jul

Our Journeys Are Our Legacy

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“I barely remember that girl,” she said. The hands that hold this picture are worn. They are full. They are beautiful. These hands have raised babies, served homemade meals, turned the pages of her favorite books, been held out in prayer, thrown up in surrender and hugged us so tightly, we knew her love was […]

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