Totally Shocked at my Findings
By Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
Melbourne, Florida
July 28, 2017 10:25pm CST
Tonight I was trying to clean some crates of files that I have had for years. I never went through them when we moved to here 3 years ago. I knew I had some of these exsisted but never this much.
I have papers about both sets of my parents, (they have both passed a few years ago), going all the way back to the 1800's. I had no idea. My mom died about 5 years before my dad and when he died, my sister and I had to clean out a house that we lived in since 1950. Imagine all the "junk" in there. It was a disaster for both of us.
Some things got pushed aside and not looked at for years. I just spent hours reading through a lot of them. There is so much on them that I never knew and I am still trying to get things straight in my head.
As I go through them I will write more as this alone can become a book. So many things have been answered tonight for me.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
29 Jul 17
The only mess that i have here is paper clutter and I have misplaced a very important document
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
29 Jul 17
I know the feeling. My husband has all his papers neat and orderly. The big difference is he was the only child and he has nothing to go through. These papers will take me a very long time to go through them. It is eerie seeing handwriting of some relatives from the 1800's.
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@Christianna (111)
• Bedford, Texas
31 Jul 17
I had to clean out my Mom's house after she passed. So much stuff. A few months ago I started going through all of my boxes and got rid of a lot of stuff that wouldn't mean anything to any one except me.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
1 Aug 17
I still have a lot of things to go through, especially pictures. Dad has been gone 3 years and I am still not taking the time to go through his stuff. We have moved twice since then and I am still going through other things. One day I will.
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
29 Jul 17
Wow that must have been a mess to go thru back then.
Are they like family histories and stuff that you found?
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
29 Jul 17
@Courtlynn I never thought I would find anyone like me
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
29 Jul 17
@ramapo17 oh im sure. Thatd be interesting
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@snowy22315 (170003)
• United States
29 Jul 17
Yes, sometimes you don't know what you have until you start to look at it.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
29 Jul 17
I was sitting here visualizing all the people and living back in those times. I wish it wasn't so late as if I started reading all of this now I would not go to bed for days.
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
29 Jul 17
It is interesting as I was reading some things I was visualizing things back then. I was shocked to see how many people had heart problems. My grandson was born with 4 holes in his heart and we all went through a very dramatic time. We never knew anyone in the family had any issues with the heart.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
29 Jul 17
that is a treasure you found....
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@Marilynda1225 (79769)
• United States
29 Jul 17
Wow amazing that you found such interesting papers. I also have things packed away from when we sold my moms house but I doubt i'll find anything very interesting
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
29 Jul 17
I have to find out how I can preserve all of this as I intend to leave it to my youngest grandson. Some of the papers are so old and it is amazing that I can still read them. I also have a big picture of my grandmother from the 1800's.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
29 Jul 17
I love it when I find stuff like this.
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