Comments - History Snoop Tangent - The Ark2024-03-29T01:09:28Zhttps://lovevideoplayhouse.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2426069%3ABlogPost%3A141558&xn_auth=noBTW, to those kind folks who…tag:lovevideoplayhouse.ning.com,2012-12-17:2426069:Comment:1420312012-12-17T19:38:57.550ZNatureJunkiehttps://lovevideoplayhouse.ning.com/profile/Robin
<p>BTW, to those kind folks who commented on the History Snoop videos, I have not deserted that project. In fact, I've made some progress and two more videos, but due to problems I'm having with iMovie, I haven't been able to complete them. But I hope to tell more of the tale of Harold Wyeth Norfolk's strange coin after the holidays.</p>
<p>BTW, to those kind folks who commented on the History Snoop videos, I have not deserted that project. In fact, I've made some progress and two more videos, but due to problems I'm having with iMovie, I haven't been able to complete them. But I hope to tell more of the tale of Harold Wyeth Norfolk's strange coin after the holidays.</p> @ Syd: It's cool to be the fa…tag:lovevideoplayhouse.ning.com,2012-12-17:2426069:Comment:1419262012-12-17T19:36:13.168ZNatureJunkiehttps://lovevideoplayhouse.ning.com/profile/Robin
<p><strong>@ Syd</strong>: It's cool to be the family historian, ain't it? I've been doing an informal survey, asking people wherever a conversations starts to lag, "Do you happen to know the names of your great-grandparents?" With the exception of only three people I've asked, the answer has consistently been no. But it seems like just asking them stimulates their curiosity. Several times now the next time I saw one of those people, they said, "Hey, you asked about my great-grandparents, and…</p>
<p><strong>@ Syd</strong>: It's cool to be the family historian, ain't it? I've been doing an informal survey, asking people wherever a conversations starts to lag, "Do you happen to know the names of your great-grandparents?" With the exception of only three people I've asked, the answer has consistently been no. But it seems like just asking them stimulates their curiosity. Several times now the next time I saw one of those people, they said, "Hey, you asked about my great-grandparents, and ya know what..." It's very cool.</p>
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<p><strong>@ steve&b</strong>: Second 35 mm camera, Kodachrome rather than Ektachrome = early 60s. See, that's how it's done. Good detective work! </p>
<p>About your banana box---man, I feel your pain. I've thrown away so many letters that I'd give anything to have back now. But on the bright side, unless you burned em', maybe some nosey-nose out there like me will find them and trace them back to you. It could happen.</p> I love all these vintage phot…tag:lovevideoplayhouse.ning.com,2012-12-14:2426069:Comment:1414892012-12-14T01:04:20.824ZSydTheSkeptichttps://lovevideoplayhouse.ning.com/profile/SydTheSkeptic
<p>I love all these vintage photos. I'm the genealogist of the family and the endeavor has given me a sense of rootedness in history. And I agree with Streep. Considering all I know about my ancestors, it appears the same stories play themselves out from one generation to the next. </p>
<p>Thanks for sharing this, NJ. It always seems like there's one person in every family who serves as historian. It's cool you're taking the time to digitally preserve the past you've been charged with…</p>
<p>I love all these vintage photos. I'm the genealogist of the family and the endeavor has given me a sense of rootedness in history. And I agree with Streep. Considering all I know about my ancestors, it appears the same stories play themselves out from one generation to the next. </p>
<p>Thanks for sharing this, NJ. It always seems like there's one person in every family who serves as historian. It's cool you're taking the time to digitally preserve the past you've been charged with because it'll make it that much easier for the next generation to keep it going.</p> @NJ *eye roll* Yah, they driv…tag:lovevideoplayhouse.ning.com,2012-12-12:2426069:Comment:1415732012-12-12T19:54:01.310ZMariehttps://lovevideoplayhouse.ning.com/profile/Marie
<p>@NJ *eye roll* Yah, they drive me nuts. LOL</p>
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<p>@steve&b The rarest picture of all in family. The only picture of my paternal grandfather under the age of 60:</p>
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<p>@NJ *eye roll* Yah, they drive me nuts. LOL</p>
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<p>@steve&b The rarest picture of all in family. The only picture of my paternal grandfather under the age of 60:</p>
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<p></p> @steve&b: What Marie said…tag:lovevideoplayhouse.ning.com,2012-12-12:2426069:Comment:1416562012-12-12T18:44:34.664ZNatureJunkiehttps://lovevideoplayhouse.ning.com/profile/Robin
<p><strong>@steve&b</strong>: What Marie said. It isn't in your character to be offensive. That is an amazing picture of your grandmother. So much detail in that photo about her, right down to her shoes. Is it on Kodachrome? My family has a lot of color photos from the 50s too, all on slides. Slide shows were the poor man's home movies.</p>
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<p><strong>@Marie</strong>: I saw an episode of <em>History Detectives</em> where they interviewed a woman in Virginia who was the keeper of her…</p>
<p><strong>@steve&b</strong>: What Marie said. It isn't in your character to be offensive. That is an amazing picture of your grandmother. So much detail in that photo about her, right down to her shoes. Is it on Kodachrome? My family has a lot of color photos from the 50s too, all on slides. Slide shows were the poor man's home movies.</p>
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<p><strong>@Marie</strong>: I saw an episode of <em>History Detectives</em> where they interviewed a woman in Virginia who was the keeper of her family's genealogy. She lived in a southern mansion that her family had been living in for generations, and the thing was like a private museum of her family history (photos, furniture, relics, etc). I like thinking about the lives of people who lived in the past, but I would never want <em>my</em> home, <em>my</em> personal refuge to be a memorial/monument that way. It was cloying. You say you drive <em>them</em> nuts? I bet it's the reverse. ; )</p> @steve&b You are a very n…tag:lovevideoplayhouse.ning.com,2012-12-12:2426069:Comment:1415722012-12-12T01:36:27.066ZMariehttps://lovevideoplayhouse.ning.com/profile/Marie
<p>@steve&b You are a very nice man and I don't think you have an offensive remark in you. *chuckles* Some of my reactions and comments do tend to go off topic...</p>
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<p>@NJ My husband's family is <strong><em>really</em></strong> into genealogy. Also, they are just like Lou and his partner, not just about the family home, but about <strong><em>everything</em></strong> in it and the family relics. I drive them nuts. =-)</p>
<p>@steve&b You are a very nice man and I don't think you have an offensive remark in you. *chuckles* Some of my reactions and comments do tend to go off topic...</p>
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<p>@NJ My husband's family is <strong><em>really</em></strong> into genealogy. Also, they are just like Lou and his partner, not just about the family home, but about <strong><em>everything</em></strong> in it and the family relics. I drive them nuts. =-)</p> Dana, I have a sister and sev…tag:lovevideoplayhouse.ning.com,2012-12-11:2426069:Comment:1414772012-12-11T20:27:49.650ZNatureJunkiehttps://lovevideoplayhouse.ning.com/profile/Robin
<p>Dana, I have a sister and several cousins who feel like you do--not interested in doing the research, but they love the stories that come out of it. That's just fine with me, because I love doing research, and I love being the storyteller. Thanks for reading.</p>
<p>Dana, I have a sister and several cousins who feel like you do--not interested in doing the research, but they love the stories that come out of it. That's just fine with me, because I love doing research, and I love being the storyteller. Thanks for reading.</p> My mother and my in laws are…tag:lovevideoplayhouse.ning.com,2012-12-11:2426069:Comment:1415662012-12-11T08:07:15.007ZDana (scribblers sanctuary)https://lovevideoplayhouse.ning.com/profile/Dana
My mother and my in laws are all deep, deep, deep into genealogy. Even though history is one of my favorite subjects, I have not joined them in their enthusiasm for the research, but I love the stories and discussions. The photos intrigue me the most. Lovely blog sweet friend.
My mother and my in laws are all deep, deep, deep into genealogy. Even though history is one of my favorite subjects, I have not joined them in their enthusiasm for the research, but I love the stories and discussions. The photos intrigue me the most. Lovely blog sweet friend. @ steve&b: Thank you for…tag:lovevideoplayhouse.ning.com,2012-12-10:2426069:Comment:1414722012-12-10T20:17:10.410ZNatureJunkiehttps://lovevideoplayhouse.ning.com/profile/Robin
<p><strong>@ steve&b</strong>: Thank you for reading. It has been very interesting to come into possession of these boxes, for all kinds of reasons, one being just to see the weird kinds of things a family chooses to save and preserve.</p>
<p><strong>@ steve&b</strong>: Thank you for reading. It has been very interesting to come into possession of these boxes, for all kinds of reasons, one being just to see the weird kinds of things a family chooses to save and preserve.</p> @ Marie: I have always been i…tag:lovevideoplayhouse.ning.com,2012-12-10:2426069:Comment:1417622012-12-10T20:07:13.470ZNatureJunkiehttps://lovevideoplayhouse.ning.com/profile/Robin
<p><strong>@ Marie</strong>: I have always been interested in what I would call the small histories of ordinary people, but not particularly in family history until a couple of years ago when a distant relative gave me a photo album that my grandmother assembled when she was in high school. It hit me like a sledge hammer when I realized that I although I loved my grandmother in a deep way, I really didn't <em>know</em> her in a deep way. I set out to find out everything I could about her life,…</p>
<p><strong>@ Marie</strong>: I have always been interested in what I would call the small histories of ordinary people, but not particularly in family history until a couple of years ago when a distant relative gave me a photo album that my grandmother assembled when she was in high school. It hit me like a sledge hammer when I realized that I although I loved my grandmother in a deep way, I really didn't <em>know</em> her in a deep way. I set out to find out everything I could about her life, especially her life before I came into it. And all I have so far is an assemblage of facts that leave me to fill in the blanks with assumptions.</p>
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<p><em><strong>"For myself, I wish to remain unknown beyond the legacy of my sons... I would rather be forgotten to history than to be remembered in a way I don't like or to be misunderstood."</strong></em> You have me wondering if perhaps my grandmother felt the same way. She rarely talked about her past with me and managed to leave this life with scant information about herself behind.</p>
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<p>But Meryl Streep said something on "Faces of America" that made me realize why knowing the history of my family members has become important to me. She said, "We are nothing but them [our ancestors]... I think we are the sum of all of the people that have lived before us." So for those family members who tried to erase their tracks before their departure, I may be doing them an injustice, but I can't help wanting to understand their part in the sum that is me.</p>