On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:13:31 -0600, George Shirley
> wrote:

>I do wish I had taped or written down more of what my father had to say
>over his latter years. He was the only family member who knew the family
>line back past his grandparents. Now I'm having to trace them the hard
>way. Nowadays I carry a miniature tape recorder with me when I visit
>elderly relatives.

One of the last time I visited my aunt (last of my father's immediate
family) she started to tell a story about when she, uncle Bill and
Daddy were young. I said, "Wait a few minutes" and headed for K Mart
and bought a tape recorder. When I got back I told her to start
again. It was not hard to get everything since she was prone to
repeat herself.

On one trip out my half sister came up for a weekend and we sorted
and divided the pictures. And my aunt could tell us exactly who
everyone in the picture was, when and where it was taken. And
sometime a story about what was going on. And I wrote it all down.

I miss her and find myself thinking that I should ask her about
something. I still have pictures of people on Mother's side that I
need to identify. I did manage to get some done at the last reunion.
I just set up a spot with a sign "Do you know who these are?"

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)