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Family Foto Friday

Family History and Christmas Memories Preserved

Lori Krause • December 28, 2018

How it All Started
In 2010, my in-laws celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. I scanned almost all of their family photos and slides not knowing which would be used in their celebration video. (This was long before I even knew what a photo organizer was, much less thought about becoming one. Nor did I know about APPO, a whole organization of people dedicated to saving and preserving memories.) While I was scanning my in-laws photos, I also scanned all of my photos, as well as my mom’s. In the boxes of my mom’s family photos and memorabilia were my great grandmothers, Eulah Hurst’s, diaries. ‘Very cool!’ I thought. I flipped through the pages, but put them aside as life got in the way.

What a Treasure
Just a couple of years ago, I pulled out those old diaries again because I now understood the importance of digitizing and preserving precious memories, and have taken steps to do just that. Oh, my goodness, what a treasure! On one of the first pages I read she said, ‘One evening while alone, I got to thinking of those farther back in my background than I could remember or knew anything about. Several questions came into my mind and I wished I knew more about them, who were they, where they were from originally and just what did they do to earn their daily bread.’ She then goes on to say that if she has those questions, her children and grandchildren may also have questions, so she’ll just write down what she knows about her family and even told a couple of family stories. As the family historian, I couldn’t believe how lucky I was to have this!

My great grandmother was also a deeply religious woman. She wrote many pages in her diaries about her thoughts of faith and the power of prayer, but most entries are just an insight to her daily life. The weather, who stopped by, what she was sewing or crocheting, or what was the last bounty out of the garden, but there were a few entries starting November 21st, 1945 that really caught my eye.

Precious Memories Preserved
On November 21st, there is a note about my grandfather, Harlan, back in the United States after his discharge from the Army in World War II. I love how she describes seeing him on December 1st, ‘Wonderful love’. Then on December 11th, my grandparents, Harlan and Agnes, go shopping, leaving my mom and her siblings with my great grandmother. My great grandmother noting they bought some beautiful dolls. Then there was a note on December 24th saying my grandfather had come after the dolls that were apparently hidden at my great grandmother’s house. That’s when I had my ‘AHA!’ moment and remembered a photo I had scanned years earlier.

My mom, Marjorie, is the little blonde in front. She was just 4 years old in 1945, but she remembers those dolls. She said her doll had blond hair like hers. Her sister Jean’s doll was a brunette just like her and her sister Elizabeth’s doll had red hair, just like hers! What a wonderful Christmas memory.

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Heartland Imaging KC is helping me put together these memories into a beautiful frame so they can be preserved and enjoyed for years to come. You can contact me about how to preserve your photos, negatives, and non-photographic items at lori@krauseinc.com or call Heartland Imaging KC at (816) 492-7974.

Lori Krause

Lori Krause

Lori Krause is a Photo Organizer and Photo Life Manager. As a photo life manager, she treats your photos and your memories as if they were her own. She provides personalized, local service to organize and preserve photos. Then works with her clients to tell the stories behind the photos.
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