I stopped in at Grandma’s house yesterday on my way back from Dallas and was able to photograph some old photos of her and my granddad when they were growing up. I have always been the “historian” of the three of us, and am fascinated with how my relatives grew up and the stories that they have to share. I just love it, and yes, I am a member of ancestry.com! I once stayed up until 3 AM on ancestry.com searching my relatives all the way back to the 1100’s (which Josh informed me the next morning that I got off on the wrong relative’s name, but it was still fun to think back that far anyhow). I wanted to make sure that I had copies of these photos for a feature wall that I want to make in my next house. I want to have a wall of pictures of my grandparents, parents and us. I think it would be neat. Anyhow, photograph your family’s photos with a 50mm macro lens outside in the shade and you will be able to blow them up to about 8×10s!
My grandmother is Margaret Francis (Dean) Bodine, the second person on the right.
This is my grandfather, Truman Earl Bodine.
Truman is on the far left.
Having his hair pulled, something Grandma tells me happened often.
He liked striped overalls.
I love this picture of them.
Great Grandmother is on the bottom right.
