Idea for Honoring One's Family

Back in October , Gordon and I stopped to eat in Brookhaven MS. I forget now where we were headed.

We try to pick up a local newspaper wherever we stop because my uncle, "Unc", adores reading local daily or weekly newspapers from anywhere else.  He has an insatiably curious mind. 

The back page of the Daily Leader newspaper in Brookhaven featured this one page advertisement from Louis Mullen in honor of his grandparents!

I was so impressed with the content of the ad plus the honor it paid to that family's ancestors.

You can click on each picture to enlarge it enough to read most of the content.

There are times when newspaper advertising rates should be less expensive...for example, after a big holiday like Christmas and New Year.  Even in peak times, a local newspaper ad rates should not be prohibitive, so you might consider doing this for your family history.

Gordon and I love genealogy, so to us, this was a really cool idea.  It is another way to preserve and share family history.

In all of the speeches and workshops that we give on genealogical research, I emphasize ways to save one's research and primary source documents for future generations.

Don't you wish you could buy a copy of a newspaper and see a full page ad with documented genealogical information on one branch of your ancestors!