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I plan to tell them myself. I'm still going to be alive in 100 years time. Paul. :-))))

I have about 30 photographs from the late 1800's from my Gran's house clearance. Even an early glass plate holiday snapshot. However, since my Mum thought the album was going a bit mouldy, she removed all the photos and binned it . The album captions were lost and all I can do is guess who people might be based on period dress. I should be grateful Mum thought I might want the photographs. I reiterate what someone has already said. 'Label your photographs'!!!!! RW

RW, That's very sound advice about labelling photos. My MiL left us 3 suitcases full of old photos of my FiL's family and her own, but they were mostly unlabelled, so unless we can recognise the people in the pictures when they were young, or by who they're with, we haven't a clue who they all are. We spent some time with my MiL's elder sister, going through all the photos, but even she hadn't a clue who most of the subject were or where the places in them were. It's probably one of those tasks my MiL would have got round to one day, as she was such a methodical person, but she died very suddenly, aged 71, apparently in the peak of health - or so it seemed just the day before. Moral of this story for everyone, I think, is 'Get labelling NOW!' before everyone forgets who is in your photos! CB >*|*<

Me Im as common as muck but unique lol! Davex

Bec your brother is in the SS Scary lol! As for you and Sis all Greek to me lol! Dx

I got into genealogy last year and it would be great to find letters or a diary from an ancestor, something that tells me a little more than birth dates etc. I started to write about parts of my life - home, school, playtime, early work/jobs, changes such as decimel currency, colour TVs, videos, etc. I have included a copy of my birth certificate, school report, a wage slip, some photos and am working on a family tree to include. I try to think of what I would like to find of someome from the past and include such things in a file which I would like to put into a time capsule type of object for someone to 'find' somtime in the future.

Another tip which may seem silly but could be important it years to come. Make a note of who took the photo. I have a number of old photos and I would love to know who was on the other side of the camera. I always write who took the photo even if it obvious to our family. Susan

I'm the only person in the uk with my full name so I shouldn't be too hard to find. But it would be difficult to find me on census. I was born in St Leonards but was only there for five weeks before we were in Scotland. It would also be kind of hard to find my cousins' family. One of my cousins used to be in Japan on a cruise ship dancing, then she was in the Carribean, and now she's going to become a model, living in France. My other cousin lives in America. Lucia :-)