Genealogists spend a great deal of time documenting the long-since deceased that we sometimes forget those who are living. Are you collecting “modern” information that will help to provide future generations with a picture of those who lived in the past.
This brief conversation was from September of 2013 and ended with a comment that is so typical of my mother that I could almost hear her say it when I read it. Make certain you aren’t just documenting the “ancient past.” The recent past can be just as interesting even if your conversations are not animals that cannot behave.
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Good one.
My deceased mother’s favourite snippy phrase was “That’s interesting… but not impressive.”
With texts, emails, tweets, etc there is SO much stuff one could save! Overwhelming!