No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Yesterday, I decided to help my kids by thinning out the family history files I have accumulated over the past 30 years and stored in a four-drawer metal file cabinet. I worked all day, tossing a kitchen trash bag full of paper out of the top drawer. When I finished, the drawer was still full. Which one of you people has been sneaking behind me and filling the drawer? Or is it a magic file cabinet?

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Mardrae · F

?? What exactly do you put in a family history file cabinet? I’ve never heard of that.

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exexec · 61-69, C

@Mardrae I regret not asking my grandparents a lot of questions when they were around. You can still find out a lot by looking online and contacting known relatives.

Mardrae · F

@exexec all my family are already late. I do have an elderly cousin, but I am not sure if she’s alive or not. We used to talk on the phone once a year but I haven’t heard from her since Covid hit. I tried contacting her, but no answer. I did see a photo album my parents had and my great great great grandmother was full blooded Cherokee and dressed Indian. She was really cute

exexec · 61-69, C

@Mardrae The Cherokees have good records, so that will help you.

Lilred2289 · 31-35, F

Maybe everything was replaced with love notes?

exexec · 61-69, C

@Lilred2289 I will check.

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