Family Archivist Gifts

'My family tree suffered dry rot in 1871.'

Genealogy. Being a genealogist is a very satisfying job. I show people who their ancestors are and how they lived. My clients learn about their family's place in history! I always start a genealogical search by compiling marriage records. Of course, that makes sense ... You begin the examination of a family tree by counting the rings!

Jewish Hall of Nachas

'More pictures of your kids. Wow, they've really grown since yesterday.'

"It's sad how people don't take real photos anymore."

"Meet the scribe"

Historical memory is on life support.

'It's really more of a family forest than a family tree.'

"The document states that you've been left your mother's jowls and upper arm flab."

Several generations live together in Cuba

'The definition of OBSOLETE: old fashioned dictionaries.'

'...then Johannes Gutenberg built the first bookcase'

Video Henge: made from melting and molding 3,000,000 obsolete VCR tapes.

'You're right. Our old safety files have become a safety concern.'

Family DNA

"Why mum, I didn't know that you had written a book."

Office worker pushing a pile of papers on trolley.

Letter Collecting Nerd

'We were thinking of naming him after his daddy, but I don't really like the name, Old slap head.'

"Could you tell me how to get to cedar grove, New Jersey? I want to see where my grandfather was born."

'From albums to 8-tracks to cassettes to CD's...What a long, loud trip it's been!'

'The big feet come from your side of the family.'

"These are my fish cymbalta, otezla, skyrizi, vraylar and stelara!"

(No caption. Signs on file cabinets drawers read, "Files Saved to Hard Drive," "Files Saved to Disk," "Files Saved to Traveldrive," "Trash.")

"You're writing a memoir? You're seven years old. Do you honestly think you can capture the interest of readers with such a short—wait, is that my name?!"

Changes at home

'That's a picture of my granddad with shoulder length hair and a beard. That's why mom calls these albums hair looms.'

'The suspense is killing us. Which one is our grandchild?'

Catalogue of little books.

Bobbies library of jeans

Estate Sale! All the stuff my kids said they don't want to inherit.

"I think I'll keep a diary..."

'Here comes the Papa-razzi again...'

We have a nice selection of office artifacts, a typewriter, carbon paper, ashtrays, our CEO's last handwritten memo...

It's my biggest project - a database of all my sister's boyfriends.