What are you going to leave your Descendants

[mahees]

Isn't that tremendous, Erin?    Just shows that mementos of our ancestors don't absolutely have to be things that belonged to them.  This, carved with love and care by someone who also had an ancestor in that battalion, will be a worthy substitute.  I do hope that one day, you find his medals!

MarieC

Thanks for the reply MarieC. I really have worked hard to discover so much about my mysterious Great Grandad, and I feel really lucky to have such a wonderful prize. 

As for the medals, you never know, one day I may get even luckier 

Erin 

[Simon G.]

However there was a problem with the longevity of paper

Depends on the type of paper.  Original cloth-based paper is naturally alkaline, so survives pretty well in the archives.  It's when they changed over to using wood-pulp (which needs to be broken down with acids) that the problems come in.  The irony is that a lot of older sources will survive better than the modern records, due to modern paper and recording media being of such a poor quality that they'll most likely decay within a generation or two.
Also depends on how the records are stored.  Churches, in general, are hardly within the accepted regulations for the storage of archival material.  The biggest problem I've seen when working with the original registers at work is that of mould.

[little meg]

My Paintings. 

Everyone says to me 'you could sell them you know,"
I just say that I don't want to sell them, they are for my family.
I have already done the circuit of Art shows etc.
I have very little from my ancestors and hopefully my descendants will appreciated my artwork. 

Margaret

[Tephra]

Having seen some of your artwork Margaret, I'm sure they will be delighted.


Barbara

[little meg]

Hi Barbara,
Thankyou  , I plan to scatter them to sons, daughters, nieces nephews, you name it.
They won't forget me if I have my way 

[little meg]

Just came to mind something I thought I would share.

I am fixing up an old box for my post card collection, decorating it with decoupage etc.  Not a very good job, in fact it looks terrible.
My 29 year old son was over, and agreed that it was absolutely terrible (nothing like the truth).

I told him that I am leaving it to him in my will 

After that I brought out my post card collection to show his girlfriend, pointing out that this one cost this amount, and that one is worth this amount.  Explaining that basically the whole collection could be worth quite a bit.

29 year old son pops up and says, " Ahhh, so the post cards come with the box do they?"
Seems to me he is now a lot happier to accept my gift.

Margaret

[EDO]

G'day Margarte

Why not give it to him now / when you've finished the decoration.

Strike while the iron's hot!
Keep up his interest.!

Otherwise when "the family", get to it, someone will see no value in it and
"chuck the lot". 

It happened with my forebears with my Grandfather's books / records:: 
The lot went!!

EDO

[little meg]

Hi Edo,
couldn't hand it over, he has no place to live, always seems to be on the move.  Said he may have to move back home again for some time. AAAhhhhh!
Besides, not really responsible enough yet to look after my treasures!!

I will leave a note attached to the inside of the box.
"in the case of my demise, this box belongs to..."

That should do it. 

regards Margaret

[Tephra]

Margaret, don't forget to add ......... 'and contents' or they'll give him the box minus whatever's inside . .     


Barbara