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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 290366" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I sympathize, Lisa. When my 97 year old pack rat grandmother died, it took them months to go through all the 'stuff'. She had lived in the same big two story house for 60 years and she hadn't thrown away a thing! Her basement was still full of my dad's and his siblings toys and games from the early 1900's! Sadly, I think the biggest part of it was tossed out due to the sheer volume of it! My grandmother (who had met my grandfather at the 1904 St. Louis Worlds Fair) had a large postcard collection in several albums that went to my aunt. She THREW THEM AWAY when they moved and her daughter complained about all the 'junk'! I would have KILLED to have those post card albums ... but they're gone now!</p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p>When my mother died it was fairly simple because she had lived with us and most of her things had already fallen by the wayside. When we were kids and moved from St. Louis to Florida she had allowed some of her goofy cousins to talk her out of almost every family heirloom we had. Gone was the beautiful antique dining room furniture with buffet and china cabinet. And the huge hand-carved rocking horse with a real leather saddle and horse hair mane and tail that was already old when my grandfather and his siblings were given it back in the 1880's! The military moved us so it wouldn't have cost a dime to move it! And the christening gown! There was a gorgeous long handmade muslin christening gown that my grandfather wore as an infant in the 1890's, my mother was baptised in it back in 1917 and we wore it in the 40's ... now it's gone too! I would have loved to have had that for my own kids, and now their kids! Sadly, it probably hit eBay years ago.</p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p>But you never know what you will find. There were several dusty old plastic bags crammed into the back of dresser drawers and closet shelves. When I finally got around to looking in them, they were filled with old documents and certificates, rolled up and wrinkled. There was my grandfathers baptismal certificate handwritten in German from 1890, his confirmation certificate from 1903 also written in German, my grandparents marriage certificate from 1916. These aren't the little computerized versions they have today. They're big elaborate hand-lettered scrolls with beautiful pictures. I salvaged all of them, had them framed, and have them hanging in my back bedroom that is furnished with antiques. I have these horrible visions of my own kids, some day after I'm gone, pulling up to the front door with a dumpster ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 290366, member: 1883"] I sympathize, Lisa. When my 97 year old pack rat grandmother died, it took them months to go through all the 'stuff'. She had lived in the same big two story house for 60 years and she hadn't thrown away a thing! Her basement was still full of my dad's and his siblings toys and games from the early 1900's! Sadly, I think the biggest part of it was tossed out due to the sheer volume of it! My grandmother (who had met my grandfather at the 1904 St. Louis Worlds Fair) had a large postcard collection in several albums that went to my aunt. She THREW THEM AWAY when they moved and her daughter complained about all the 'junk'! I would have KILLED to have those post card albums ... but they're gone now! :frowny: When my mother died it was fairly simple because she had lived with us and most of her things had already fallen by the wayside. When we were kids and moved from St. Louis to Florida she had allowed some of her goofy cousins to talk her out of almost every family heirloom we had. Gone was the beautiful antique dining room furniture with buffet and china cabinet. And the huge hand-carved rocking horse with a real leather saddle and horse hair mane and tail that was already old when my grandfather and his siblings were given it back in the 1880's! The military moved us so it wouldn't have cost a dime to move it! And the christening gown! There was a gorgeous long handmade muslin christening gown that my grandfather wore as an infant in the 1890's, my mother was baptised in it back in 1917 and we wore it in the 40's ... now it's gone too! I would have loved to have had that for my own kids, and now their kids! Sadly, it probably hit eBay years ago. :happy: But you never know what you will find. There were several dusty old plastic bags crammed into the back of dresser drawers and closet shelves. When I finally got around to looking in them, they were filled with old documents and certificates, rolled up and wrinkled. There was my grandfathers baptismal certificate handwritten in German from 1890, his confirmation certificate from 1903 also written in German, my grandparents marriage certificate from 1916. These aren't the little computerized versions they have today. They're big elaborate hand-lettered scrolls with beautiful pictures. I salvaged all of them, had them framed, and have them hanging in my back bedroom that is furnished with antiques. I have these horrible visions of my own kids, some day after I'm gone, pulling up to the front door with a dumpster ... [/QUOTE]
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