tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post300195054110824601..comments2024-03-13T21:06:16.936-04:00Comments on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: Almost a Dozen Boxes of Life, Where do I Begin?Olive Tree Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-17178645267299266172009-02-02T17:03:00.000-05:002009-02-02T17:03:00.000-05:00First of all, I would like to present my condolenc...First of all, I would like to present my condolences. We lost our Mom two years ago. <BR/>For the sorting, she had been down-sizing for several years, thinking about moving to a smaller house… And we moved her to “vacation” with my sister in California before we had to face emptying the house. <BR/><BR/>I was lucky too that she had done so much to preserve genealogical souvenirs/photos… writingkathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05656694925266232580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-59432097286159962752009-02-01T01:23:00.000-05:002009-02-01T01:23:00.000-05:00I think you have a good plan, to first work on sor...I think you have a good plan, to first work on sorting into categories items from all the boxes. Then you can work on each category in it's turn. At least that is how I would tackle it. <BR/><BR/>I can see how lucky I was when my mother passed away. She was preparing for a move to Utah when she suffered a heart attack and died. She had gone through all her items before hand so we had very Renee Zamorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-48547014769555473862009-01-31T11:33:00.000-05:002009-01-31T11:33:00.000-05:00Lorine, I appreciate the detail with which you're ...Lorine, I appreciate the detail with which you're relating all this to us. I'm going to be where you are some day and I'll welcome the "plan of attack". I agree with the above comments of Apple and Greta---sort, organize, enjoy, remember, sort, remember, etc. The scanning and siblings can wait just awhile. This is a big task. You have the right idea---sort by type of item, then when it's all Becky Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841947942442007031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-83409601887793206632009-01-31T09:49:00.000-05:002009-01-31T09:49:00.000-05:00I have been following your Packing Up a Life saga ...I have been following your Packing Up a Life saga with interest and sympathy; I had to do much the same thing years ago when my mother died. My husband and I had only four days to do it, and we could only take as many things as the two of us could carry in our luggage on the airplane. I agree with your plastic storage box approach and with Apple's idea that you should enjoy looking at what is Greta Koehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429623811794360612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-87898087868696751262009-01-31T08:38:00.000-05:002009-01-31T08:38:00.000-05:00You should enjoy these treasures as you unpack and...You should enjoy these treasures as you unpack and organize them! It may take longer to get the job done but you have everything at home now so what's the hurry? For now don't worry about scanning. Once you have everything sorted and have a good idea of what all you have you can decided if you want to pick one project to work on or perhaps diaries one week and photos the next.Charley "Apple" Grabowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07193646109965731249noreply@blogger.com