Gathering my personal family history was really easy. I knew where everything was and I had already gotten GEDCOMs from my mom and imported them into RootsMagic earlier. I did however email my husband's grandma to see if she had GEDCOMs for his side of the family and I emailed my uncle to see if he has digital copies of the family history books he, my mom, and grandma put together, I only have hard copies. I'm still waiting to hear back on those. Even though I knew where all my family history was it took time gathering it so I enlisted my husband and kids to help. Once everything was gathered I had to block my living room door so my two year old couldn't go in and tear it apart, it didn't all fit into a box. I found old pictures from when I was a kid, newspapers, certificates, awards and trophies, family history books, my old journals, my kids' information, husbands mission stuff and old pics of him in elementary... the list goes on but I'm ready to go through it and get organized! Here is a picture of what I have:
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