Family photo box

1 November 2022 Miss W. #NaGenWriMo 2022 digital, photos

A few years ago, I was given a Christmas present inside a lovely cube shaped box. Instead of throwing out the box, I wondered what I could use it for.

I decided that would be a good box to use to keep my family photos in.

Now as the family historian, I get given lots of photos. Some are black and white, others are sepia, recent ones are in colour. Some are very small, others a lot larger. Some are in cardboard frames, others are just the photo. But this little box would hold photos that were up to postcard size.

I must have nearly 200 photos in the box and the majority have been digitized. These are then put in folders and saved under Surname First name Year Event.

The photos are mainly from my mother’s side of the family as both her and her sister gave me lots of the photos and were able to name who was in them. I think there are only about 20 photos from my father’s side of the family.

The largest photo which is black and white, you can see is slightly curled and is of my brother and I when we were young.

Readers: What do you do with all your photos? Are they in sticky albums, loose or have you digitized them?

NaGenWriMo 2022

1 November 20221 December 2022 Miss W. #NaGenWriMo 2022

I have heard of NaNoWriMo which is National Novel Writing Month but on some genealogy feeds I follow, I found there is something similar for genealogists.

This is called NaGenWriMo and Taralyn Parker has written a post about what is involved.

I have decided I am going to post one of my family history photos each day with a bit of a story about each. I will also include dates of BDM for some of my direct ancestors. These posts wont be like my long researched biographies but just a few short paragraphs with a photo.

Readers: Are you going to take part in NaGenWriMo 2022?

Leave comment below with link to your blog so I can visit or follow for the month.

Below you will see links to each of the posts I publish as part of NaGenWriMo 2022.

November 1: My Family Photos Box
November 2: Death of George Davey
November 3: Death of Isabella Colgrave nee Watkins
November 4: Playing sports as a child
November 5: Guiding and Scouting in the family – Mum
November 6: Guiding and Scouting in the family – Dad
November 7: Guiding and Scouting in the family – Sue
November 8: Douglas River holidays
November 9: Holidays with friends
November 10: Birth of Hannah Davey
November 11: Uncle Mike at ANZAC parades
November 12: My dad celebrates 90 years on earth
November 13: Square dancing
November 14: Marriage Colgrave Watkinson
November 15: Siblings – part 1
November 16: Siblings – part 2
November 17: Cousins
November 18: Where I’ve lived

Review of how well I went for my first participation in NaGenWriMo.

Guiding reunion

4 October 2022 Miss W. General info Girl Guides, Glenorchy, reunion

Back in late May this year, I received a phone call from Jan, my Guide leader from back in the 1960’s. She had been in contact with a couple of other girls who were in the original 4th Glenorchy Girl Guide Company. They were thinking of organizing a reunion and would I like to come?

Now I am not the sort of person who enjoys sitting around and just chatting with people I don’t know or haven’t seen for decades. I am more the wallflower who sits back and listens. But I know mum would have pushed me into attending so ……

I took part in the Messenger group that was created for sharing information, including photos and newspaper articles. Dad and I went through all the guiding photos he had on his computer looking for those relating to 4th Glenorchy Guides. We couldn’t find many but mum had written about building the new Guide Hall at Glenorchy which happened about the same time. Those photos we found, I emailed to Jan to include in her slide show ready for the reunion.

So the date was set as Saturday 12 – 3pm at St Marks Church Hall, Bellerive on 1st October 2022. Everyone was to bring along some food to share as well as photos, log books etc.

I was the only person still wearing a mask but took it off for a couple of minutes while eating. The room wasn’t well ventilated so the mask was back on when talking to people and reading out the information about the Guide Hall.

I did enjoy the afternoon, checking out the log book that had been kept by another Sue, the lieutenant of the Guide Company. Also looking at the camp blankets and chatting family history, of course, with some of the other participants. Like I normally do, I took a few photos.