Lilian's Tree

                                                                  Photos Hands up, who has boxes of photos, with nothing written on the back?  Me too! How do you store your photos? Albums, boxes, on the computer? I have a mix of all three.  I promise myself that I will write who, where and when they were taken but I don't. My new digital camera has GPS, so now when I upload my photos to the computer, it tells me where and when it was taken. I have wonderful old photos, that I know are family but exactly who they are is lost. Mum did write on the back of some but a Mrs Bell??? I have know idea. This one is a mystery. I know that the two small...

I posted a photo of the photos on 27 December and there were still gaps. After a week I went, need more photos. Here is the updated photo. No more gaps. Also back in December, I wrote about a Red Lipstick challenge I was doing. I'm still wearing lipstick, when I go out. It has become second nature to put lipstick on and I feel good doing it. Bye for now, Lilian. The weekend is in view!

Well my study is painted and I've got my computer back on the desk, but how long I'll stay in the room depends on the paint smell. It's pretty bad. After I got the USB of family photos, I cropped individuals out of groups, named them and added them to the my family tree program.  Still got a few individuals to do but I've been able to do my grandparents, their children and grandchildren. Some of the great-grandchildren are also done and one great-great-grandchild too.  I had to re-do some of the documents, as there was a problem with the location but that is done too. Will have to do my husbands side as, to quote him, "if you don't, the tree will be lopsided and might fall over." Love him to bits! Bye for now, Lilian

Claire, as promised, here are some of the photos. Claire, with her Grandma, my Auntie Joyce. The birthday girl! Between them they have 356years. The cousins, with Lyn hidden. The next generation, with Auntie Joyce.

I posted about how my Grandparents addressed each other and who taught my mother and aunts to knit, today I have some answers. My three remaining aunts were all together, to celebrate the 90th birthday of one of them. I was able to ask them the questions and hear them discuss them. It seems that my Grandparents addressed each other as Mum and Dad. My eldest aunt said that Auntie Edith taught them to knit. I can assume that since Auntie Edith and Mum both knitted, that their Mum taught them. It was a wonderful day catching up with four of the five remaining Aunts and Uncles, cousins I hadn't seen in ages and taking heaps of photos. (These will come) Bye for now, Lilian

Morning, I've uploaded my photos to the PC, 2898 was the total. An average of 483 photos a week! My camera has GPS, so I've downloaded that information as well and with my journal entries, I will be able to name them. Another thing I did, before I went away, was to start a new email, just for the trip. I then asked people if they would like to get my email updates and I ended up with around 40 on the list. When I emailed they were all BCC and I emailed it to my usual email. Thus giving me a copy of what I'd written. This is the plastic case I kept the SD cards in. I think that it came with a card, ages ago. Bye for now, Lilian