What is the one family item you wish you had? - just for a bit of fun

[howdee]

China

A Death Penny  is the term used (coloq) for the memorial plaque that was issued to the relatives of those who lost their life fighting in the Great War.

Howard

[dollylee]

If it's just a big of fun.....I would have liked the big honking diamond ring that my mother left my older  sister   

dollylee

[4kni]

for me it would have to be the battered almost rusty dinner fork that my granddad had used. He had brought it back with him from the Japanese prison camps although it had belonged to someone else.
We had all forgotten about it sitting in the cutlery draw when my Nan died and all the cutlery went to a charity shop.It was only remembered 3 months later, so now each time i visit a charity shop guess what I'm looking for, although I know it has most probably been melted down now or on a landfield site somewhere

[chirp]

I would like recordings of the voices of my ancestors - just as much as knowing what they looked like I would like to hear their speech.
Chirp

[jinks]

What ONE family item?

ONE - that is soo hard.
My wish list could go on forever

I suppose if only one was allowed the baptisms/marriages/deaths
of my Catholic relatives. especially during the persecution.
I have a few from the resuscants registers...BUT..... if only I could
find the church registers...

Jinks

[MarieC]

Like you, Jinks, I am at a brick wall with my Catholic ancestors and wish desperately that I could get access to their baptisms/marriages/deaths!

Do tell me, how did you get hold of recusant registers?  Where are they/how accessible are they?

MarieC

[rancegal]

I would like the photo of Gt-Uncle Valentine (Killed on the Somme 3/9/1916) which used to stand on the piano in my grandma's front room.

  OH would like the memoirs which his gt-uncle was writing before he died at the age of 95. His son took all the stuff away and though we asked politely we have never seen them and are not likely to. We adored gt-uncle. My son aged 34 can remember having a gt-gt-uncle; they used to discuss buses. I sobbed all the way through his funeral, so embarrassing!

[jinks]

I think the resucants registers would be available at the County
Record Office.

I got hold of mine through various sources.
1. A speaker at a Family History Meeting.
2. From Rootschart - someone looked it up for me.
3. I am friendly with a Father in a closed order.

Jinks

[MarieC]

Thanks, Jinks!

None of those sources are going to be much use to me in Australia.  But I appreciate your letting me know, anyway!

MarieC