Originally Posted by redmadder
...bedspread. My grandfather showed it to me when I was 17 and told me I would inherit it as the oldest daughter of the oldest daughter...her children must have taken the bed spread. Still, I love the story.
I admire your good nature at losing such a treasure. I guess many of us soften as we age, as I would be more accepting now, but in younger years would have tried to find out who had it & if they really wanted it. When my great-uncle passed, I waited about 3 months & then contacted a cousin to see if there were any old family photos they didn't want on his side of the family...he said I should have asked sooner, they threw them all out!!! That side apparently didn't inherit any sentimentality at all. My point is you may still ask, you never know what people think about things. My grandmother was the eldest & the keeper of all the family history & a photographer to boot. I inherited her interest in our family history along with the photographs; most of my level & younger (in our family) have NO interest in the prior generation at all.