{"id":7721,"date":"2014-07-18T15:51:11","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T15:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=7721"},"modified":"2014-07-18T15:51:11","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T15:51:11","slug":"what-do-you-plan-to-do-with-your-old-family-heirlooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/what-do-you-plan-to-do-with-your-old-family-heirlooms.html","title":{"rendered":"What Do You Plan to Do with Your Old Family Heirlooms?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maybe you have an old cedar chest, or other large object, as one of your prized family heirlooms.<\/p>\n

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We have an old chest that was owned by my grandmother, Adelaide Mildred (Wright) Kemp (1893-1949), and it was said that it had been passed down to her mother, Ida Estelle (Smith) Wright (1873-1963).<\/p>\n

Now if the only family heirloom we had was one object, we might be able to handle that\u2014but wait, there\u2019s more.<\/p>\n

Much more.<\/p>\n

There are also old photos\u2014large ones, framed\u2014and dishware, glasses, books, and on and on.<\/p>\n

What do you do when your home has become the designated family museum\u2014and you start looking to the future wondering what will become of these treasured heirlooms?<\/p>\n

Start by taking a photograph of each heirloom and upload that to your online family tree. Record which relative owned the object and tell the object\u2019s story. What is it? Who owned it? And why is it important to the family?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a start.<\/p>\n

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But, as you look to the future, what is your plan if other family members are not interested in these old heirlooms?<\/p>\n

What is the best way to preserve these pieces of your family history?<\/p>\n

What solutions do you have for heirloom preservation?<\/p>\n

What is your plan?<\/p>\n

Please share and give all of us the benefit of your best thinking on this.<\/p>\n

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