Wonderful article. My eldest sister has somewhat taken the mantle of family archivist, but she did it mostly for her daughter. In turn she gave all of the siblings a copy of their own to keep. She produced two books. One for my mom and another for my dad though I believe the latter to be only a partial completion as he has already passed when she was making it. My mom fortunately is still alive and was able to recount much of the info for my sister.
I’ve recently also started taking a bit of interest in the family archive though I’m not nearly as far as she is with the family history.
Thank you, Brandon. I love the idea of the books. Sadly, I don't have anyone left to give one to... I'm putting the "memories" together and noodling on some sort of legacy project.
I listened to your chat with Mali the other night - it was such a good listen, a proper conversation, as if we were all sitting round a table after dinner. I'm looking forward to round 2.
I suppose I could be called the family archivist, although I do wonder sometimes why bother as I don't think my children are that interested; maybe that will change as they get older. At the moment, it's all about living their own lives.
Aww, thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I went through a similar period where I just couldn't be bothered with any of it. I think it changed when my grandmother died. Suddenly, those things that I didn't care much about—stories, photos, spending time with family—took on a new importance.
My Mum and 1 of my uncles are the keepers of family photos, and create their own family trees ( my uncle started it pre Internet about 40 years ago, my Mum about 6 years ago online, where she's gone back to C 1120 AD ). I've a few bits but they have majority of it.
It would appear that I am the archivist, being the youngest of 6, and my nearest sibling is 8 years older there was a lot that happened before my arrival. So many photo albums that I didn’t know who was who and had just fragments of memories.
So I took it upon myself to scan the photo albums and then sit down with my parents and take notes of who/what each image was. I then put a book together captioning each photo. I had one made for each sibling and gave them as a gift a few years ago.
I still have 4 more albums to do, most of the notes have been taken which is fortunate since my dad passed in October- he had an amazing memory and I feel fortunate I spent the time to ask.
The remaining parts will hopefully be filled in by my mother and siblings. I don’t know if anyone else in my family will care abut these but I am thankful to have some connection to the past.
Wonderful article. My eldest sister has somewhat taken the mantle of family archivist, but she did it mostly for her daughter. In turn she gave all of the siblings a copy of their own to keep. She produced two books. One for my mom and another for my dad though I believe the latter to be only a partial completion as he has already passed when she was making it. My mom fortunately is still alive and was able to recount much of the info for my sister.
I’ve recently also started taking a bit of interest in the family archive though I’m not nearly as far as she is with the family history.
Thank you, Brandon. I love the idea of the books. Sadly, I don't have anyone left to give one to... I'm putting the "memories" together and noodling on some sort of legacy project.
I listened to your chat with Mali the other night - it was such a good listen, a proper conversation, as if we were all sitting round a table after dinner. I'm looking forward to round 2.
I suppose I could be called the family archivist, although I do wonder sometimes why bother as I don't think my children are that interested; maybe that will change as they get older. At the moment, it's all about living their own lives.
Aww, thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I went through a similar period where I just couldn't be bothered with any of it. I think it changed when my grandmother died. Suddenly, those things that I didn't care much about—stories, photos, spending time with family—took on a new importance.
My Mum and 1 of my uncles are the keepers of family photos, and create their own family trees ( my uncle started it pre Internet about 40 years ago, my Mum about 6 years ago online, where she's gone back to C 1120 AD ). I've a few bits but they have majority of it.
It would appear that I am the archivist, being the youngest of 6, and my nearest sibling is 8 years older there was a lot that happened before my arrival. So many photo albums that I didn’t know who was who and had just fragments of memories.
So I took it upon myself to scan the photo albums and then sit down with my parents and take notes of who/what each image was. I then put a book together captioning each photo. I had one made for each sibling and gave them as a gift a few years ago.
I still have 4 more albums to do, most of the notes have been taken which is fortunate since my dad passed in October- he had an amazing memory and I feel fortunate I spent the time to ask.
The remaining parts will hopefully be filled in by my mother and siblings. I don’t know if anyone else in my family will care abut these but I am thankful to have some connection to the past.