Family Photo Albums - Page 3

Mz iMac · ‎07-26-2014

For nearly 200 yrs the paternal side of my family holds yearly family reunions. My family's history is digitalized, written & oral. We have our own private family website to view ancient photos, artifacts & what-not. That being said....my generation (1950s) is the last w/individual photos on the site.

Only the "group" photos show the generations who were born w/tablets in one ear, laptops out the other ear & cell phones shooting out their 🫏es. The ONLY time the techno generation views their family history is at the yearly reunions. Really sad. This includes my children & theirs.

"Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference."

candys mine · ‎08-20-2012

@timelessThank you for doing that! Put names to the faces and if you can a date and what their relation to you is.

YOU, at the Very least, must have Made your new husbands Grandmother's DAY!

tends2dogs · ‎05-08-2010

@timeless wrote:
@Mz iMac "Every year since I asked one of the grands if their parents made any family DVDs. Their answers have always been NOPE!"

I really don't know what to do about this!

For your own mental well being, you need to accept it and move on. Everyone has different priorities. If your kids don't care about the photos of long past generations, accept it and respect it. If your kids don't want to look at them now, believe me, they never will. Looking at people you never knew or had a relationship with can be creepy to some people.

One bright note, when you are dead and gone, it isn't going to matter at all.

Fear not Brothers and Sisters! I have read THE BOOK..........we win!!!

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

I don't have any family, so I don't have any family albums. But I do have a handful of pictures my father gave me over the years before he died. There isn't anybody for whom they will mean anything anyway so I guess it doesn't matter. I've been teetering on the idea of just throwing a bunch of stuff away.

It's weird thinking about what to do with your things when you die, when you don't have anybody to leave them to. I guess, if I still owe anything on my house the bank will get that but I have a lot of nice things I've had for years that I don't know where they'll end up. It's kind of sad, thinking about it, so I try not to think about it since I will have ceased to exist anyway, so I guess it doesn't matter.

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

I told my girls to donate the photos of their great great grandparents, etc. to the local historical society when they need to decide what to do with them. Those photos have names and could be helpful for genealogy seekers.

Just because our children or grandchildren don't want the old pictures or seem to care now, someone will search for those family connections one day. The information we have now needs to be in the hands of the right people who will store it and have it available for public access.

Puppy Lips · ‎05-09-2010

@timeless wrote:
I see a lot of answers mentioning digitizing the photos.
I've sent away for copies to be made of many that are on the slides I inherited from my dad, but I've kept the slides and projector/screen anyway!
I just can't seem to get rid of any physical, regardless of duplicating them in digital! The thought of tossing any of it makes me slightly ill.
*shrug* lol

@timeless I agree. I could never get rid of the physical photos, even if they are digitized multiple times over. I have such a huge distrust of electrionics.

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. Margaret Mead

Puppy Lips · ‎05-09-2010

@tends2dogs The thing is -- at some point they may WANT to see all the photos and learn about the history of the family. Or a future child might be interested. I think parents have a responsibility to preserve the history, whether they want to or not, for future generations.

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. Margaret Mead

DottieBlue · ‎03-11-2010

@Puppy Lips wrote:
@tends2dogs The thing is -- at some point they may WANT to see all the photos and learn about the history of the family. Or a future child might be interested. I think parents have a responsibility to preserve the history, whether they want to or not, for future generations.

I agree @Puppy Lips . I think many of us become interested in family history/photos once we enter a certain phase of life, especially as we get older.

Look at the interest now in Geneology Ancestry. I think many would love to have photos of their ancestors they are just now discovering during their geneology searches.