tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post5234862672332591038..comments2023-09-11T23:57:00.520-05:00Comments on Velvet Sacks: Trinkets and Treasures - No. 6 - A gift that keeps on givingLinda@VShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04499621332375290781noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-66799634172392758282011-10-07T11:20:56.309-05:002011-10-07T11:20:56.309-05:00Catherine, thanks for dropping by. I've heard ...Catherine, thanks for dropping by. I've heard or read somewhere that the reason no one smiled in those old photos is that people couldn't hold a smile steady for as long as it took the old cameras to capture an image. Don't know if that's true or not, but I hope it is. I'd hate to think that smiles were frowned upon in those days. :)<br /><br />Betsy, I've been researching family history since 1989, and it's SO much fun. It's like working an ever-expanding puzzle. The very first information that came into my hands about my ancestors was a hand-printed list of what was in this bible. That's what makes it so special to me.Linda@VShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499621332375290781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-49263845878675721572011-10-06T23:03:33.185-05:002011-10-06T23:03:33.185-05:00Hi Linda, I get so excited when I hear others tal...Hi Linda, I get so excited when I hear others talk about Family History.. I LOVE it.. I have done quite a bit of my Family History... Just don't have enough time to devote to it --but I do love it.<br /><br />There is a Family Bible somewhere in my Bruce family ---but I'm not sure where it is now. I've tried to find it...<br /><br />Sounds like you are on the right track when working with info provided you in that bible... That's just AWESOME...<br />Hugs,<br />BetsyBetsy Banks Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16223591156634767330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-24481846202060381122011-10-06T22:02:47.996-05:002011-10-06T22:02:47.996-05:00I love looking at old family photos. I have lots ...I love looking at old family photos. I have lots that were given to me by a great-aunt I can't figure out why no one ever smiles in old photos though. Hmmm...<br /><br />Such a beautiful bible. Lovely!<br /><br />Thank you for your visit today!<br /><br />Happy October ~ CatherineCatherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08885238657002176243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-49536654124657777362011-10-06T08:53:03.449-05:002011-10-06T08:53:03.449-05:00Janet, that's a good idea about checking out t...Janet, that's a good idea about checking out the publisher. I'll try that.<br /><br />In my experience, at least in tracing my own family history, it wasn't as common back then to make a firstborn son a Junior as it was to name him after a grandfather or an uncle. Haven't yet discovered whom Roscoe was named after, but I'm still digging. <br /><br />I can only hope that Alvin and Anna liked Dora's choice in the end if not in the beginning. They lived side-by-side with Dora and Joe for decades. <br /><br />Now, daughter Stella, was a different story. This is what a fellow amateur genealogist wrote me years ago about her: "...Robert Steel my grandfather married Alice Bell Correll on Christmas day, and then fled the marriage with Stella Hetherington, going to Boone where he married and had 4 additional children. "Linda@VShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499621332375290781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-49055049472811810702011-10-05T20:20:27.728-05:002011-10-05T20:20:27.728-05:00What a wonderful heirloom! No idea about the date...What a wonderful heirloom! No idea about the date, but if there's a publisher's name, that might narrow things down a bit. <br /><br />I wonder why the son wasn't called Alvin Christmas Junior-possibly there was a son they named Alvin but he died. Interesting how Dora's husband wasn't named. I bet the parents didn't approve of her choice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com