There is a reason why some of us do not work in sales. We hate calling or contacting someone out of the blue and asking them something.
Genealogists have to do that. It can be the only way you find things out. It can be the only way you get those family pictures or other family items. If you are the only one who knows about your interest in family history, it makes it more difficult to find family history items than it already is.
Let others know of your interest in family history. It’s not necessary to tell them repeatedly, but some reminders help. Reach out to relatives that you do not see regularly–or maybe have never seen at all. Reach out to relatives by marriage who, even if they don’t have family items, might have knowledge. That information may be just as helpful as actual items.
But reach out. You won’t lose any information by asking questions. It’s not like asking the salesman if he figured the tax right only to discover you owe more.
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