If you are very lucky, you have a Dottie in your family. The keeper of the files. Guardian of the family stories. Ready with a fact or a picture when you need it.
When I was in Albuquerque Dottie showed me Aunt Fanny's prayer book, and an old photo of she and her friend in their swimming costumes, hair undone, complete with baby on hip. Wow.
I also had a chance to read a letter our dad had written to his sister after his father died. Dad was only 25 at the time and Mom was about to give birth to Dottie. All the way across the world in Hawaii - which meant he couldn't attend the funeral and be with his sisters and brothers and mom. That's a rare opportunity. I am grateful that Aunt Ola kept it, and her family didn't throw it away after she died, and somehow Dottie got her hands on it. And could locate it at a moments notice because of her most excellent filing system.
Wonderful.
Dottie is a treasure along with what she protects.
In our family, it is Cousin Katha.♥
Posted by: jacki long | 10/26/2017 at 12:27 AM
Oh, my. That is so wonderful. Dottie is the family historian for sure. My sister and I joined the DAR about 2 years ago... our papers were all over the place and rounding them up wasn't easy. I could only hope for a filing system such as that. What a treasure trove of information she has.
Posted by: Emie | 10/26/2017 at 02:47 AM
That's my sister Phyllis-the geneology queen! She put everything on ancestry so it can easily be looked at. I had all the original photos and just recently made them up into two photo albums and gave one to each of my children. It saddens me to think there is really no paper trail or real photos anymore to be passed along and treasured--
Posted by: Janet G | 10/26/2017 at 06:47 AM
Oh Dottie is a gem! my son is really good with the genealogy but doesn't have the paper system or volume of info on our various families. What you have really is a treasure.
Posted by: Maureen | 10/26/2017 at 08:11 AM
Wow! I am envious. As everyone else has already said, and you well know, this information and your historian are treasures.
Posted by: Chris | 10/26/2017 at 08:35 AM
WOW! I mean WOW! She is amazing - please ask her to come and research and organize my family tree. I just love your family.
Posted by: Loretta Marvel | 10/30/2017 at 09:06 AM