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What you then have can be sorted into specific family groups, and generationally. If anything is uncertain, it can put in a group to the side, before the labelling process starts.<\/p>\n
\u201cRemember, labels like \u2018dad or mum\u2019s cousin\u2019 don\u2019t tell us much. Use given names and surnames where possible. If you can, assign a date to them.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven a decade or group of years will help. Try a bit of detective work to help work out what year it was. \u2018We\u2019re standing in front of the FB Holden so it must be after 1960,\u2019 etc,\u201d Mr Duthie said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you have the facility, even a phone camera, take an image and send it to other family members, especially for the ones you can\u2019t identify.\u201d<\/p>\n
Everything that is identifiable can be put into generations in photo storage boxes, which are available in variety stores, and arranged with card indexes.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can also organise them by places you have lived, sports you have played, vehicles your family have owned,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
While you\u2019re looking through everything, Mr Duthie encourages notation of memories stirred, which can be shared with family and friends, close or distant, via social media.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are many local history pages for Ballarat suburbs, like History of Mount Pleasant – Ballarat, Loving Soldier\u2019s Hill & Ballarat, and Sebastopol Historical Society, and they are always seeking contributions from past or present local residents,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mr Duthie places a \u201cspecial\u201d emphasis on very old photographs of ancestors, or places where they lived, but ultimately has one final message.<\/p>\n
\u201cStore them separately and if possible, arrange to have digital copies made for current generations. Remember that digital copies can be enhanced to make them clearer and sharper,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbove all, enjoy the process of delving into your past via images and the memories and stories that they evoke.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MOST of Ballarat has been in isolation for seven weeks, so you may be thinking you\u2019ve run out of home projects. But Mount Pleasant History Group president, Max Duthie has some ideas to keep you busy, if you\u2019re wondering what\u2019s next now the weather\u2019s turned cold. \u201cThe kitchen cupboards may be organised… Bedrooms tidied… Records […]<\/p>\n