A very touching piece of writing

[mrs griff]

Yes Viktoria and. Diana I for one agree with what you said , even today I can tell when children sit down together for meals as my daughter her husband and 3 boys do it makes for a much happier household be it only egg & chips on waiting for payday day lol ,compared to another side of my family who never eat together there is a marked difference in behaviour and attitude . I too had a  great grandmother who had 15 children including two sets of twins and she helped on the farm and was a kind and gentle woman so family says and was much loved and had a brilliant tribute written about her on her death which I have and cherish  .she also  had her sadness her first born in 1859 left for the USA in 1892 never to be seen or heard of again she sent my grandfather to the USA in 1896 to look for him to no avail , then her last born in 1880 died  in 1915 10 days after arriving to fight in France  and is buried out there . I think all family,s should be proud to document all things they know about their ancestor,s how ever small or trivial it might seem .

[Viktoria]

My late M-in-L, we have not heard them yet-  but she  recorded many of her memories on a tape recorder. It is perhaps too soon to hear her voice. My O.H is waiting until his sister, who cared for his mother is ready to play them .That will be an emotional milestone.
 How I wish my mum`s voice was taped. I can still remember it even though she died in Nov 1957 .  ---When I had misbehaved " Oh Viktoria", just quietly and sadly. It filled me with shame and went home more than a smack would have done.

And of course has lasted much much longer!!!!                                                                          I think we ought to record what we know of days gone by. Already we oldies can see glaring errors and anachronisms on T.V.programmes.  These will be acepted as accurate in the future.                                                               Viktoria.

[diana2646]

I am so glad that I put that piece on Rootschat, as it has generated so many wonderful stories about your respective families and it has been a pleasure to read to them.
It certainly will be a very emotional experience for you Viktoria, to listen to the tapes of your Mother in law.  I have some tapes of my aunt, my dad's sister.  I was very close to her and she moved to the U.S.A. in the sixties and rather than write letters, she used to send me a tape.  I have still got them and play them from time to time, and it's as though she is there with me.  I have quite a few films of my granddaughter, as I was lucky enough to own a video camera, which I didn't have when my son was small.  A friend of ours filmed our wedding in 1967, and it was on old film, so a few years ago, I had it transferred on to a video tape, and it was very emotional to be able to watch my mum and dad on it, as they have both been dead for nearly 40 years now.  How lucky we are to have these 'gadgets' nowadays, and can record all these events and show them to future generations.

Diana

[Viktoria]

Thankyou Diana, it has been lovely reading the posts hasn`t it.

I always feel sad when I see family albums on car boot sales or in antiques centres.They take up so little room and who knows who of future generations may not value them . I`d give a lot to see photographs  of quite a few of my ancestors .

Cheerio and thanks again. Viktoria.

[329Dolphin]

I wonder if this site is the source of that quote?

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=46976690

Whoever said it first it certainly is worth sharing. Thanks

[diana2646]

Hi, that is interesting!  Earlier on in this thread, Ruskie posted some possible sources from Norway, so I don't really know.
I just know one thing, it is a beautiful piece and has generated so many lovely stories from the people who have contributed to this thread, and so I am very glad I put it on here!

Diana