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PLEASE TELL ABOUT YOUR HEIRLOOMS HERE

From the lens Family Heirlooms.

I decided to place the Guestbook close to the beginning of the page where you can find it.

SO WHAT IS YOUR FAMILY HEIRLOOM?

If something special (or not so special) has been left to you, add an entry in the guestbook and tell the world.

Or maybe it's something you're hoping is going to come your way!!

Once I've had a chance to read about it, I'll share it with everyone in The Family Album

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  • ChinaGal Mar 25, 2012 @ 12:19 pm | delete
    My husband's parents just gave him an awesome 'heirloom' - books about their lives.
  • vallain Jan 10, 2011 @ 6:15 pm | delete
    My family treasures a cedar chest that my grandfather made. They also have some World War One memorabilia including an old helmet from a great-uncle. Other than some very old diaries, no family heirlooms of great value survived the passing of the generations and the travels across the country by my family.
  • familystorykeeper Jul 23, 2010 @ 8:52 pm | delete
    I have the guitar my mother's father gave her just before he died. She treasured it and kept it through the years even though she didn't get to learn how to play it. Fortunately my dad gave it to me a little while before he had to move into an assisted care facility. When I see it I am reminded of my grandfather's love for my mother. I also treasure family stories that my mother and grandmother wrote down. They help me to know more about my ancestors.
  • spirituality May 21, 2009 @ 7:58 am | delete
    Great lens - you've been blessed by a squidoo angel :)
  • Evelyn_Saenz May 19, 2009 @ 6:22 pm | delete
    I guess my most treasured heirloom is the family farm that we live on in the summer. Though most anything of value to others was sold at the auction after the death of my great aunts, each summer we find treasures that got left behind in the dirt outside the house. It might be square headed nails, bits of brick from the chimney of Garner Rix's house or broken bits of dishes. One year we even found a rusty old toy gun that must have been made some time before the Civil War.

    Heirlooms are treasures that we pass down to the next generation to help them understand their roots. Thank you for sharing your heirlooms.
  • aj2008 Jan 31, 2009 @ 10:26 am | delete
    Back for another visit as I remembered something else. When my son was born my mother in law made a christening gown out of my mother's wedding dress. Now isn't that special!
  • aj2008 Oct 31, 2008 @ 5:14 pm | delete
    Thank you for featuring my memories!
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Oct 1, 2008 @ 9:00 pm | delete
    I have the clock that was bought the week my grandfather was born. I remember staying at his place, sleeping on the sofa and watching him smoke in the dinning room where the clock was. I thought the clock was cherry or mahogany. When Mom gave it to me, I started to clean it with denatured alcohol. All that dark wood was layers and layers from years of nicotine. It turned out it was golden oak! Bou am I glad I never smoked!

    I would love to have you visit my Family Legends lens, you may not have many heirlooms, but I better you have lots of family legends!

    http://www.squidoo.com/familylegends

    Stars, many stars
  • tdove Sep 27, 2008 @ 1:45 pm | delete
    Thanks for joining G Rated Lense Factory!
  • Joan4 Sep 15, 2008 @ 9:15 pm | delete
    My biggest treasure is my mother's diary the year she met my dad. In my senior years now, I am trying to be sure my adult children know what all the treasures are and where they came from - why they are treasures. None of any huge monetary value - but family treasures, for sure. I constantly preach the importance of writing your own personal history and yes, I have a lens about that, too!
  • vbright105 Sep 15, 2008 @ 7:45 pm | delete
    The best heirlooms I have, are memories, and the Stories my Parent's and Grandmother told. I also have my Dad's Medals from VFW. 5*
  • poddys Sep 1, 2008 @ 8:25 pm | delete
    Very nice lens, well worth 5*****. Where do I start... I have some crochet work from my Grandmother, a lampshade my Mum made, recordings of music my Dad composed, and then my Grandfather's naval documents from 1906 to the end of WWI. He was shipwrecked in the Pacific in a sailing ship, one of the last Cape-Horners, and I have 2 photo albums of him on board ship in WWI. Also, my Grandmother's autograph book with many poems, pictures and cartoons.
  • aj2008 Aug 31, 2008 @ 3:42 pm | delete
    One of my most treasured photos is one that was taken of me in 1955 or 6 with my Great grandmother who was nearly 100 years old! (Ok so I have probably given my age away.) I actually remember the photo being taken, when I was around 2 years old. She died not long after and did not quite make it to her centenary. However, to think I was being held by someone who was born around 1856 (that is 152 years ago) is quite awesome when you think about it!

    Another treasured possession is the Christmas Catus that belonged to my Grandmother. I inherited it in 1976, when she died, and I remember it always being in her "front room" from when I was very small. It may well be that the plant is getting on for 100 years old!
  • OhMe Aug 30, 2008 @ 4:24 pm | delete
    I come from a long line of pack rats so have lots of heirlooms. Thanks for the reminder to treasure them. 5*
  • mulberry Aug 29, 2008 @ 8:55 pm | delete
    My ancestry is more like yours, people of meager means! I do have sentimental things, like a drawstring purse my grandmother crocheted for me and some old tin soldiers my father had as a child. I also have a fold up shovel (I don't know what it's called) that my grandfather had in WWI.
  • beeobrien Aug 28, 2008 @ 2:42 pm | delete
    My mother has always been a packrat, so I have tons of old stuff, some of which would be considered heirloom. Problem is, when things get so old, even junk is difficult to discard. "Those cancelled checks are 100 years old! You can't throw them away." I have a dress from the 19th century, a crumbling Bible, a broken ukelele (unfixable),and lots of wonderful photos.

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