tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243026616620216878.post3625725190251011797..comments2023-11-16T11:29:49.892-05:00Comments on UpFront with NGS: "No longer saved for generations, family heirlooms are being shed"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04087332931826888271noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243026616620216878.post-78939380043038975242013-05-07T13:01:26.211-04:002013-05-07T13:01:26.211-04:00My great niece graduates from college as a math ma...My great niece graduates from college as a math major next month. I'm giving her money, of course, but also the algerbra textbook of her great, great grandmother. We only received a few things from Mildred Waters Nutter because she died of TB before she was 30. As the keeper of all family heirlooms, I am making sure each of her descendants receives something and keeping a record of who got which item in my genealogy. Jan Alperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501691032205513137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243026616620216878.post-50346345300537558942013-05-06T17:58:11.539-04:002013-05-06T17:58:11.539-04:00An Upfront with NGS reader stated ...
Please get ...An Upfront with NGS reader stated ...<br /><br />Please get those items out of your Will! If they are in it, they will be taxed! Write to whom you are giving what, and give a copy to each of your children. You may keep the items for them until they are ready to appreciate their importance, with the understanding that the heirlooms are theirs. <br /> <br />As for what your readers are doing in the same situation, some of my things are understood to go to the child who has expressed the desire for something, some things have been already given. (I have a batch of 'stuff' and six children to share it, with varying interests in not only the items but also genealogy.) When I first became interested in tracing my ancestors each of my parents gave me a family Bible and photo album, and later other heirlooms were distributed among my two sisters and me. I have been photographing items such as thimbles, and then scanning the photos. I also have a grandfather's thimble, but his was for his nightly "thimbleful" of whiskey for his heart, and is a shot-sized silver replica of a thimble. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243026616620216878.post-46330021822119390932013-05-06T15:40:05.102-04:002013-05-06T15:40:05.102-04:00At this time, I plan to leave heirlooms and docume...At this time, I plan to leave heirlooms and documents related to the family I share with my cousin to his family, and research on family that is not published to Internet Archive. I will also leave instructions for my digital material (family tree in ancestry.com and many documents on my computer) to be accessible to my cousin's family.Susan S Lukeshhttp://www.susanslukeshllc.comnoreply@blogger.com