Family history

[granma2aj]

Don't know if it's the same for everyone else we had a lot of old photos off my parents when they died but didn't have clue who was who so had to ask older aunts & uncles so we asked oh parents to write on the back who was who now we always do it but got me thinking if my dds start doing the family tree or carry on where I left off they will be able to see were they were born married died but no family story's funny or sad so iam going to start writing them down just to make our ancestors more real for them than name's and date's

[Grauntie Mag]

How I wish I could be like you G2AJ! I am such a flitter though. A brother has gone as far as he can go with one side of my family and the other side is German so maybe not so easy. It sounds an excellent idea to do it your way.

[Daisy]

gramm2aj - I've often been asked to date old photos, and there are all sorts of clues to help, but I've always said to put the full names, not just 'Fred' or 'Mary' on the back as well as a date and if relevant a location.

Sadly we have very few old family photos, especially on my side of the family, and it would have been lovely to see say, my maternal grandparents.

Writing down the little stories is a fantastic idea, and the smaller your family the more essential it is for future generations.

[Oma]

A great idea ,
I have several old photos of my Great Grandparents and some of their siblings I have been given by other members of both sides when I was doing my Family tree ,
Most have names on but I have one very Victorian wedding photo we call the Cabbage patch Wedding as a large group of men woman and several children are standing in their wedding finery amongst the Cabbages of I presume either their garden or a farm , I know its family but no idea who is who and why its in a cabbage patch , would love to know who they are , sadly anyone old enough to identify them are long gone ,

[Daisy]

Oma, if you can date the photo you can get an approximate date, which then might match up with Registry entries. It sounds intriguing - the cabbage patch wedding!

If it's Victorian of Edwardian it was probably taken in a studio with a painted backdrop. It was rare to take wedding photos outside because cameras had slow shutter speeds and needed long exposures.

It would be interesting to trace those relatives.

[granma2aj]

Just joimed church of later daý saints genealogy as they seem to have a lot of records from around the world

[Daisy]

Granma2aj - I'd forgotten about that resource, although I found for my family they only had the records I had already found through other means. I hope they can help with your research.

[Nana]

What a great idea Gran2aj. I find family histories intriguing.

[Oma]

Daisy its taken outdoors I will dig it out tomorrow and post a pic of it

[Nana]

Oma how strange. My DDs had cabbage patch dolls but I find it amusing that a wedding foto was taken in a cabbage patch.🤣

[Gemini]

When my daughters were children I wrote on the back of all photos, so that in future we would all know what each one was.
'A's 5th birthday'. 'A and K Holiday in Portugal 1986' 'S first day at school' etc etc. I listed all children at parties and on the back of the class photos too!
These are mostly in boxes in the loft. It may interest them to look through them some day. We rarely print off any photos now.

[Daisy]

Daisy its taken outdoors I will dig it out tomorrow and post a pic of it

Oma, thanks - I'd be very interested to see it.