Found---Somebody else's family photographs/papers

[liverpool annie]

I'd copy everything .... everybody gets copies - but the first to reply on RootsChat gets the originals !! 

[Cas (stallc)]

Well I think it would be nice for it to go to the direct descendants of Charlotte or Caroline...but how to know?...

I would contact them all and which fits best, and you feel happy about....then pass on, but up to you.

You will probably have other suggestions, but I am sure it will have a happy outcome, thanks to you and your OH, better than it being binned, which lots would have done.

Whatever you decide, I am sure it will make someone from the Hulcoop/Hawthorne/Sabin descendants very happy.

Pat OH and yourself on the back for rescuing such treasure for someone  

Best wishes

Cas

[marysma]

Hi,

      some good idea's Kath,Cas and Liverpool Annie.

I have membership with the 2 other sites mentioned,so I will start looking up the names tomorrow.

My husbands friend did not want any of the stuff that was left in the house and told Tony to dump it in the skip!!

I will let you know how I get on--plus check back to Rootschat for any more posts.

Thank to you all for your help.

Regards.
Marysma

[MarieC]

Another of these wonderful stories!  I'm sure it will have a happy ending.  Looking forward to seeing where you find a home for this stuff!

MarieC

[Cathymjp]

I was fortunate enough this year to manage to reunite a family bible my mother bought in a sale in the late 60s, early 70s with someone on Rootschat who was a direct descendant of a name in that bible. 

Cathy

[Tephra]

Well done Cathy, that must have given you a warm and fuzzy   

Let's hope the same can be done for these papers.

Barbara

[Cathymjp]

I think my Mum bought it because she thought it was so sad it had left the family - she would have been very pleased to know that it had gone back to the family.

Mum also bought a sack of old documents in a sale which if I remember right included some details of a family but  are so faint you can hardly read them.  It is my project this winter to go through the sack and try to find a home for these also.

Cathy

[KathMc]

Cathy,

Good luck with that project and good job with the bible. It's a great feeling to be able to bring something back to a family like that.

I live in a huge antiques area and like to go and get details on photos and albums and try to locate family. I've been successful once with a beautiful photo album. It included a wedding invitation and a pressed flower, along with photos. I didn't buy it as it was a bit pricey for someone not related, but I took down all the names, did research, and found a family member who contacted the antique store and managed to acquire the album. Yipee.

Haven't been in a while, but am feeling inspired.

Kath

[Tephra]

That's great Kath........there really should be a 'sticky' thread with all the success stories on it.    Just imagine how it could galvanise others into finding and returning 'lost' items.


Barbara