The final blog for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is Resolution. I am not usually a person who lists resolutions. I come up with new ideas and challenges throughout the year and either chose to tackle it or not.
In the past several years, and with advancing age, I have tried to keep up with Flipside. Over the decades I have been the family genealogist. Family members have given me numerous family mementos, photographs, stories and family owned items. Not having current family members who are showing much interest in genealogy, and fearful that my treasure trove of "stuff" will end up in a landfill, my resolution for 2025 is to continue to add to my blog.
I need to continue to take photos of items and scans of old cabinet cards and carte de visite's with biographical information and stories to accompany each blog.
My brother and I have talked about collaborating on a video of our grandparents and perhaps great grandparents. It will primarily include photos and documents with me supplying the narration. I already have a couple of slide shows on my computer and this can be translated into a video with his expertise.
There are some snippets of my grandparents on video. Decades ago my Dad had a professional load his home movies onto a VHS tape. My brother was able to copy the old VHS onto CD for us to watch with current technology. And hallelujah, there are some short pieces of film with my grandparents. Not their voices, but watching them in motion takes me back to another time and brings tears to my eyes. 💖
Other ideas for 2025. I have contacted other distant family relations who are working on genealogy through ancestry hoping they might like to have some of "our" family items. I have not been successful; however 2025 might be the year. Another idea is to contact historical or genealogical groups in the various towns where my ancestors lived to see if they might want photos or my research.
I only made it through about half the year blogging on my 52 Ancestors. Fingers crossed I do better in 2025. I thoroughly enjoyed reading what many of you shared this year and look forward to reading about your families next year.
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