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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Northern Lights Lodge, post: 3059653, member: 13464&quot;][USER=17017]@TraceyB[/USER]&nbsp; </p><p>Your task is enviable and yet difficult. Many people end up with bits, bobs and oddments from past ancestors. You have to make that wrenching decision as to what to keep and what to sell or discard. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know that this would work for everyone - but it has worked for us. After my sister and I divided our folks estate; my sister made a shadowbox with some pieces that had virtually no value/ or were unwearable; but were of sentimental value. </p><p><br /></p><p>I also had the advantage of a tote of cabinet cards of our ancestors which thank goodness Grandma had actually taken the time to write on the back and my mother a genealogist - so I knew dates of marriages, births, etc. I went through those photos and (for a wonder) matched up pieces of jewelry and buttons worn in the cab cards and made fabric reproductions of the photos. I have made a &quot;page&quot; for each ancestor (embroidering around the fabric photo) and adding their names and wedding date; and affixed some of these bits and pieces to each page...my Dad&#039;s wedding bout and a tie tack, Mom&#039;s wedding pearls, Grandmother&#039;s wedding handkerchief, Granddad&#039;s single monogramed cufflink, Great Grand&#039;s buttons, etc... I have a small pocket on each page and will be writing a small bit about each couple on small cards to fit in the pockets. Yes, labor of love. The way I see it - is that even though I fondly remember my parents and Grandparents...and my daughter will remember her grandparents...but her daughter will only remember us. I&#039;m hoping that by doing this; it will bring our family tree alive for future generations. All together the booklet probably has little real value...yet, I hope it will be of great sentimental value. By the way; the earliest photo I have is a couple with a wedding date of 1844 (the photo is probably not quite that old - as they aren&#039;t newlyweds in the photo); but she&#039;s holding a small bible which I will be putting with the embroidered book... (the entire project will have a large wood jewelry box to house it when I&#039;m finished). And no, not every couple has mementos to attach... but I&#039;ll do a page none the less as I do have their photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck with your sorting! It sounds like fun!</p><p>Cheerio Leslie[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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