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Post by scrappintoee on Oct 29, 2018 7:55:38 GMT
And/or the oldest photo you HAVE  (scrapbooked or not). Several years ago, my awesome sister researched part of our Dad's side all the way back to the 1700's. I am SO thrilled my sister did this!!! She also discovered a book one of our other "greats" wrote with alllllll the details of his travels and experiences from Germany alllll the way until he and his family settled in Pennsylvania. There is also a copy of a letter one of our great grandfathers wrote to Thomas Jefferson, asking his permission to name his son after him. The copy of the very kind reply from Thomas Jefferson is obviously VERY COOL to read !!!!  I LOVED making this heritage album! It starts with him, then and so far, it goes up to our wedding in 1996. It's a BIG album, but there are still a few blank pages I plan to fill someday. This is our great, great, great, great, great (x5) Grandfather who was born in 1726.  This lady is our great, great, great, great (x4)Grandmother.   How about you? |
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Post by camcas on Oct 29, 2018 9:51:17 GMT
Wow!
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Post by craftykitten on Oct 29, 2018 10:24:04 GMT
That's amazing! I haven't even scrapbooked any of my baby photos of ME so I definitely haven't gone back that far. How awesome to have those photos and stories.
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Post by Patter on Oct 29, 2018 10:25:39 GMT
Awesome! I scrapped my great grandmother in her wedding dress from 1908 because I also wore her dress.
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Post by KelleeM on Oct 29, 2018 11:05:01 GMT
The oldest photos I have are of my mother’s parents from the 1930s, I think. They were both born in 1910 so they were in their early 20s. I haven’t scrapped them yet. I have a photo of my Dad and his brother from around 1935. The oldest photo I’ve scrapped is one of my parents from 1951or 52 just before they got married.
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Post by kitbop on Oct 29, 2018 11:26:10 GMT
Wow! That's amazing to have that in the family. I've scrapped my Mom as a toddler, but that's it.
I *think* I made a copy of the photo, and didn't scrap the original (obviously wouldn't cut it, but still, now I'm wondering)...
Better to have the originals somewhere put away?
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Post by ss on Oct 29, 2018 11:50:12 GMT
Such a treasure!
I have scrapped my grandma in her wedding dress. They were married in the 1920s!
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Post by Linda on Oct 29, 2018 11:57:50 GMT
I'm always a little envious of people who have old family photos. My Dad's family wasn't in a financial position to take photos and although he was born in 1925, I have only 2 photos of him prior to his marriage to my mum in 1969 - one in his army uniform from 1944 and a snapshot from his 40th birthday at a bar. I have very few photos of his parents/siblings - there's a wedding photo of his sister that a distant cousin sent me and then just a few snapshots from the 1970s on that my mum (and later on I) took. I've asked my cousins but apparently there aren't any old family pictures on that side.
On my mum's side, there are a few more but I don't yet have custody of them (my mum is still alive at 82 next week - and I'm not sure she has all of them, I think her cousin has some) - I know there's a photo of my grandfather as a young teen with his siblings and parents - it's his youngest sister (only sister)'s first communion and they took a family picture. I have a photo copy of it - it's probably from about 1915/16. I also have a photocopy of a photo of his mother before she married - she was domestic help in one of the big mansions in Newport RI and she's pictured with two of the boys of the family she worked for. She married in 1890 so this would have been from the 1880s. Other than those? I do have pictures from the 1930s - my grandma's house that she bought in 1930 as a single woman, my grandparents wedding picture, and some pictures of my mum as a baby/toddler.
I've scrapped the latter (mum's baby pictures and the house picture) - when mum turned 80, I made her a through the years album with a double spread (8x8) for each decade.
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Post by huskermom98 on Oct 29, 2018 13:52:16 GMT
I recreated an old family photo album of pictures of my maternal grandfather's childhood a few years ago (basically copied the photos & put on new black pages). Those were from the first quarter of the 20th century in Rochester, MN.
Otherwise the oldest photo would have been from when I was a baby 40+years ago.
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Post by workingclassdog on Oct 29, 2018 13:54:04 GMT
WOW that is impressive!!
I would say my oldest picture was mid to late 1800s... my great great grandparents.
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Post by workingclassdog on Oct 29, 2018 13:57:42 GMT
I'm always a little envious of people who have old family photos. My Dad's family wasn't in a financial position to take photos and although he was born in 1925 It's funny, my mom's family was dirt poor.. I mean really poor but for whatever reason they have pictures. Not sure how they managed that and I can't ask anyone. ummmm pondering that situation. And she had tons of siblings. and they all have school pictures. .. I'll have to ask my mom if she knows how they afforded pictures when they had nothing but hand me down and homemade clothing. No electricity or a bathroom. |
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Post by breetheflea on Oct 29, 2018 13:57:51 GMT
The oldest family photo I have is from around 1912. It's my Grandpa (age 9) and his family before some of them immigrated to the US. I scrapped it earlier this year.
I have photos of all my Grandpa's siblings (born post-immigration in the USA ) in the 1920s but don't have another photo of my Grandpa until the 1930s. I'd love to know how he avoided the camera for 18 years...
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Post by stinkerbelle on Oct 29, 2018 15:50:40 GMT
i have photos of my great grandparents, so those are probably the oldest. i think the oldest i've actually scrapped would be one of my grandmother when she was probably 8 or 10. she was born in 1909.
that's so cool you have all those old treasures!!
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Post by travelscrapper2 on Oct 29, 2018 16:00:39 GMT
My oldest would be from my parents wedding in 1948. I did scrap copies of the original though.
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Post by Elsabelle on Oct 29, 2018 16:04:36 GMT
Wow! It's amazing that you have this info!
I have traced my mother's paternal line back to Spain in the 1500s. The oldest pictures I have are of my great great grandfather and great great grandmother in the late 1800s.
The oldest picture I've scrapped is from my childhood. My scrapping is focused on my kids and current family life but I would like to scrap those pictures of my gg grandfather and grandmother.
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Post by anniefb on Oct 29, 2018 18:02:56 GMT
The oldest pic I have is of my ggg grandfather dating from around 1850 or so I guess.
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Post by anniefb on Oct 29, 2018 18:06:09 GMT
I have traced one branch of my Mum’s family in Austria back to 1600. I might have been able to go further back if the church records hadn’t been destroyed in a fire.
The other lines mostly only go back to late 1700s/1800. I am mostly working with Jewish records which are hard to trace back before then because surnames were not used.
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Post by scrapnnana on Oct 29, 2018 19:14:03 GMT
That'a wonderful!
The oldest photos I have scrapbooked are my mom's baby photos. I scrapbooked a lot of her life. I need to get more done.
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Post by joblackford on Oct 30, 2018 2:08:44 GMT
I haven't scrapped it, just put it on my wall, but my oldest and coolest photo is of my 4th great grandmother, taken in the 1860s in Scotland as a keepsake for her children who were moving to the other side of the world, never to return. There's so much to wonder about here - her hand that isn't hidden in the Bible seems very misshapen, and the difference in the eyes - that one so sharp and piercing! (I know quite a bit about the family and it's all quite fascinating). I keep learning more about the family so creating pages is not going to happen any time soon. I got this photo from a cousin who found me online. She has the tiny original cabinet card and got me a restored copy <3 I've been lucky to inherit lots of photos and a shutterbug nature.  Allan Pearson Weir by jo.blackford, on Flickr |
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Post by joblackford on Oct 30, 2018 2:11:49 GMT
I'm always a little envious of people who have old family photos. My Dad's family wasn't in a financial position to take photos and although he was born in 1925 It's funny, my mom's family was dirt poor.. I mean really poor but for whatever reason they have pictures. Not sure how they managed that and I can't ask anyone. ummmm pondering that situation. And she had tons of siblings. and they all have school pictures. .. I'll have to ask my mom if she knows how they afforded pictures when they had nothing but hand me down and homemade clothing. No electricity or a bathroom. I don't know that pictures were always as expensive as we imagine - I think I read that at different points in history there were fads for them and portraits could be had pretty cheap in even very small towns. But you have to wonder. Maybe they prioritized that? Maybe they spent their money unwisely? (I'd definitely rather have a bathroom, but photos are cheaper and more fun). Or maybe they had a photographer in the family, some way to get a discount...? |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Oct 30, 2018 9:54:24 GMT
I'm always a little envious of people who have old family photos. My Dad's family wasn't in a financial position to take photos and although he was born in 1925 It's funny, my mom's family was dirt poor.. I mean really poor but for whatever reason they have pictures. Not sure how they managed that and I can't ask anyone. ummmm pondering that situation. And she had tons of siblings. and they all have school pictures. .. I'll have to ask my mom if she knows how they afforded pictures when they had nothing but hand me down and homemade clothing. No electricity or a bathroom. They had their priorities in order. 😀 And I'm pretty sure that's proof that there is such a thing as a scrapbooking gene. 😁 |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Oct 30, 2018 12:14:58 GMT
I made a layout with copies of my great grandparents' passport photos from very early 1900's.
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Post by myboysnme on Oct 30, 2018 14:16:55 GMT
I scrapped a photo of great great grandparents taken in the 1840's, but it is a copy. I do not have the original.
I have a collection of old tin types, ambrotypes and carte de visites but I have not scrapped them.
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Post by workingclassdog on Oct 30, 2018 14:25:20 GMT
It's funny, my mom's family was dirt poor.. I mean really poor but for whatever reason they have pictures. Not sure how they managed that and I can't ask anyone. ummmm pondering that situation. And she had tons of siblings. and they all have school pictures. .. I'll have to ask my mom if she knows how they afforded pictures when they had nothing but hand me down and homemade clothing. No electricity or a bathroom. They had their priorities in order. 😀 And I'm pretty sure that's proof that there is such a thing as a scrapbooking gene. 😁 BINGO....  |
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Post by workingclassdog on Oct 30, 2018 14:31:54 GMT
It's funny, my mom's family was dirt poor.. I mean really poor but for whatever reason they have pictures. Not sure how they managed that and I can't ask anyone. ummmm pondering that situation. And she had tons of siblings. and they all have school pictures. .. I'll have to ask my mom if she knows how they afforded pictures when they had nothing but hand me down and homemade clothing. No electricity or a bathroom. I don't know that pictures were always as expensive as we imagine - I think I read that at different points in history there were fads for them and portraits could be had pretty cheap in even very small towns. But you have to wonder. Maybe they prioritized that? Maybe they spent their money unwisely? (I'd definitely rather have a bathroom, but photos are cheaper and more fun). Or maybe they had a photographer in the family, some way to get a discount...? I am thinking that maybe they had help. I am sure they didn't spend their money unwisely, that would be really unusual for them (from what I know). My grandfather passed away at a pretty young age and of course he was the provider. Grandma had 7 children at the time and one with Downs (technically not sure what she had as back then they didn't diagnosed kids, either kept them at home or put in a state hospital). I am thinking the church/school (church and school were together) probably helped them out and maybe they got their pictures free?? I'm definitely going to have to ask her when I see her later this week. |
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Post by LisaDV on Oct 30, 2018 20:43:49 GMT
That's so fabulous. What a treasure!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2018 12:34:10 GMT
Some really amazing stories here!
I think the oldest photo I've scrapped is a photo of my grandfather and his brother together in their uniforms while serving in the Australian Army during WWII.
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(scrapbooked or not). Several years ago,
