Hidden treasures.

[gridlore]

I just found a treasure trove of stuff in an old storage box. The Chronicle Extra from the Loma Prieta quake. The San Jose News from the Apollo 11 landing. One of my father's photo albums from before he came to the US. My Great-Grandfather's military records. Amazing stuff. Need to get some of these photos scanned in. There's one of my father in his cadet uniform that I'd love to put up with one of my portraits from Infantry OSUT. Photos of my Great-grandfather taken during the Boer War (He fought at Elandslaagte and was one of the besieged troops at Ladysmith)... enough documentation to make ancestry.com sit up and beg. I'm going to get it all organized and entered, and see what I get from it.

Oh, and an autographed photo of Louis Armstrong.

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[fimbrethil.livejournal.com]

Do you know the story that goes with the photo of Cousin Louis? (Daddy always called him Cousin Louis because so many people asked if we were related to Neil Armstrong)If so, would you share it?

He rests in the cemetery around the corner from me, not too far from where Daddy reposes.

[claidheamhmor]

Wow, that's really cool! Must be fascinating going through the stuff. I take it your great-grandfather was an English soldier during the Boer war?