| Examples of how electronic documentation can be used to identify family heirlooms.
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| | Mourning Pin with Grandma Shaw's Hair 1786
This pin contains a lock of hair, which is said to have come from Grandma Shaw. The part of the pin containing the hair appears to be much older than the black button it is attached to. The button has a pin clasp glued to the back.
Several generations of Shaws appear in the family tree from 165x to 188x.
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Pine Dry Sink
From the estate of X. Origin unknown.
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| | Snow Baby Collection
This Snow Baby collection belonged to X’s grandmother.
Miniature porcelain Snow Baby figurines were first made in Germany in the early 1900s. At first, four inch and three inch figurines were most common. The birth of Admiral Peary’s daughter in Greenland helped popularize the figurines. WWI halted exportation, and after the war two inch high figures were more common.
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Whisks with handmade wooden handles
In the 1980s X made the handles for these whisks with wood from the black walnut tree at the family farm. In all, eight whisks were made and given to various family members.
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