Oh my holy gosh
you guys, what a busy week I’ve had!
Last week I shared with you I was working on a big, huge project so I
began my week by continuing on that. I’m
two weeks into it and nearing the finish line.
Midweek I had to stop because I was waiting for supplies to arrive in an
Amazon order. I couldn’t just sit around
waiting so I ended up working on another project I had no intention of starting
until late fall and working on it this winter.
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Oh what a mess!
Well, the mood
struck and with this particular project I know from experience that when the
mood strikes I’d better go with it. So I
did! It’s an even larger project than
the one I had already started so why not just pile it on? My dining room was a complete disaster as I
sorted, purged and reorganized over 100 years of photographs taken by my
ancestors as well as myself. I was able
to get everything into brand new albums (I had purchased these about three
years ago) and I have no more loose photos in boxes or any photo envelopes now.
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My dad on the left and me on the right
We were both in first grade when these were taken
And I didn’t
just stop there. I logged onto the
family ancestry site and spent four hours updating information and loading
scanned photos of people all the way back to my great grandparents. Now everyone has a photo to go next to their
name so we know what they looked like and I’ve updated dates and places of
importance.
This box is gone! Goal complete!
I had recently
posted about journaling your autobiography and as I was working on this mammoth project I realized I
could use these new albums as journals.
I compiled all the information I have on my parents, grandparents and
great grandparents and added that to album number one which ends when I
graduated high school and moved out on my own.
Then my next album is my oldest’s childhood so I got that one nearly done
too. I keep coming up with ideas of
things to add to it. Next I’ll be
working on albums three and four together as they’re about my life after adopting
my daughters all the way to present day.
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My grandparents on their wedding day in 1941
I am so excited
about this project because of the importance of my family history and the fact that
these journals will be heirlooms to pass onto future generations. As I’m working I’m finding all kinds of good
stuff to add to my first journal about my grandparents. It is like a treasure hunt.
I used 2 inch D ring binders to make my albums and
added scrapbook paper to dress up the covers
My Amazon order
arrived so now I’ll be switching gears back to the “BIG HUGE” project and the “MAMMOTH”
one will be waiting, but not for too long.
I don’t want to lose my momentum plus I’m having a lot more fun with it
than I originally thought I would. Before
it was just an daunting and overwhelming project that I’d been dreading, but I
knew, if I were to go, all that information would be lost and it would just be
a bunch of old photos in a box left for someone else to try to deal with.
Another hint about the BIG HUGE project
In between
projects I’ll try to get back to regular life as well. I hope you had a fantastic week my
friends. Let me know what you were up
to! I love hearing from you. And tell me.
Do any of you have a project like mine that needs to be tackled?
Great job! Can't wait to see the projects in detail and the results ! I have a job related to photos, too, but it's scanning about a dozen albums so that I can keep digital copies instead of physical copies. As I've moved and downsized, I no longer have space for 20+ scrapbooks, and I need to get going so I can clear up some space in our new rental.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your project Brooke.
DeletePhotos also..(Oh, the idea makes me cringe,😆) I need to get new albums. Really put stuff together.
ReplyDeleteYou have done a great job. You so encourage me.TY.
I have been pulling out fall decor[for my porch]. Washing artificial flowers, etc. Decluttering stuff I know longer want. It was *96 today, and the outside shed felt like it was *125...😆 I am going to clean porch , and get it ready for fall decor. Will be here before I know it!!!
Yes it will. I'm excited to decorate for fall too.
DeleteI also am onto this awesome mammoth project. I’m glad I have a scanning app on my phone. When in downtime I can scan and note on photos.
ReplyDeleteI’ve been in contact with my husbands (genealogical interested ) cousin and he has been a wealth of information on both the grandparents ancestors.
I copy all of the information on multiple memory sticks.
Some will go to my brothers as I am the holder of our family photos. Some will also go to my children, some to other family members.
You are right it is labour intensive but your future self and family will thank-you.
When my parents died and in particular my mother and her sister(unmarried) I went to a photographer who photographed the old family photos and made copies. It was expensive, but I knew I needed to do it for the family as my aunt had been the keeper of the photos.
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It has taken me years and years to get through it all. This past week was the final push and it feels amazing. Best of luck as you work your way through your project as well.
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