I recently interviewed my 93-year old Grandfather on film & scanned a bunch of old family photos, like the 2 above of he & my grandmother. My grandmother passed away years ago, but my Grandpa is in great health, rides his stationary bicycle, checks email, and maintains a garden. He is a cute little man. He loves that I’m interested in old family photos, and he always checks up with me for updates on my genealogy research (Unfortunately, I never have any updates for him.)
My genealogy fascinates me, & I love that Jenny W. works in the genealogy dept. of the downtown library. [Sidenote: Jenny was the coolest girl in 7th grade. I couldn’t quite hang, as my Birks & Doc Martens were a little outside of what made you cool in the jr high circuit. She was nice to me, but probably b/c her mom told her to. Now we’re adults, reacquainted through blogger, and it no longer matters that I’m not cool. Isn’t blogger great?] Once day I plan to visit her & see if I can do some research on my lineage. Beware, Jenny, I have boxes to bring you.
Anyway, I'm glad that I now have digital copies of these old photos, and that I have taken the time to get him on camera. I think my grandkids will think he's cute too.
5 comments:
i feel it is necessary to let you know that i do not work in the super-cool downtown public library, but in the state library which is further north on 7th. this typically disappoints people; it disappoints me too. our downtown public library is fabulous! NPL has a great page on genealogy if you want some tips for getting started. and their local history room is amazing. however, most of their stuff is exclusive to nashville; our stuff is for the whole state of TN. by the way, those photos are very cool! it's great that you interviewed your grandfather - i would be interested to hear your approach. i love oral histories and have thought about recording my grandmother. okay, sorry for the long post. :)
You should post a present day photo of him so we can all see how cute he is!
thank for the info, jenny. i'm sad that you aren't at the downtown public library. that's the coolest place. :(
How did Jenny put those links in her comment???????
You've inspired me to interview my sweet mema the next time I see her. What a great idea.
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