What memories will you leave?

On a recent Flogit a man wanted to sell his father’s war medals because his children weren’t interested. The expert persuaded him not to saying that future generations might be interested. So do leave something behind.

That's really sad that everything was thrown out. You will be surprised what you can find about an ancestor's life. I started with just my dad's birth certificate and now have 4 Lever Arch files on him and his family.

Definitely keep photos of family members, with names on the back and when and where taken if possible. Also photos of family homes, otherwise throw out holiday snaps, animals and views, no-one will want them. Letters and postcards can be interesting, I have a whole suitcase full (from 1930s) but really must reduce them!

I've got loads of photos, and also both mine and my oh family tree, going back a few generations, so our family can choose what they want to do with them,

If you research her extended family members (live and dead) you may find lots of info about her life and theirs.

You could start with getting copies of her birth, death and marriage registration certificates. From knowing where and when she was born, married and died, you can make a start on Census records . Her first appearance in Census records should give you her parents and perhaps siblings names.

You can do all this from home

My parents both kept secrets and some of the ones they took to the grave, should have died with them. Be careful what you dig up.

All photos are there at mine....I never kept letters and hardly any cards ...I know my 3 kids will bin them all 😁

I would not do that. These things contain family memories that they will want to keep.