Show Family amily History Should Be Kept For Ready Use By OU ROBERTS BARTON DARTON There should be b. a special book or box for saving family documents in every very house howe The Theold old Bible with its Ita carefully written records was for centurIes a re regular lar bureau of vital statistics To this day half of or us w would know nothing about our forebears fore- fore burs bears ears bad had not Great grandfather John ohn laboriously penned the date of every very birth wedding and death I Ilay Isay ay say centuries advisedly because I have an old Bible several leveral hr hi d d dears years ears of age alc that tells telis about the Jameses and Elizabeths of oC an Engish English Eng Eng- ish lish family and all aU their kin Today most mot parents depend on the be recorders recorder's office or the bureau of oC f vital statistics to keep official count of r births deaths death deaths and mar- mar They say aay complacently that any ny Ume time they want Information about bout a certain event all aU they have to o do or their children after aCter them Is s to write to the capital or county seat eat and get the tho desired facts tacta How lIow Facts Go 00 Astray Astra j But Dut while this is b true enough enouch ina In Ina Ina a way there are some ome things to keep in mind Lind One is that parents may nay move to another state tate soon loon after after af- af ter er a childs child's birth not mention the town own the child was born In and then ale die before the boy or girl Irl becomes becomes be be- comes curious enough to Inquire about his own history Then In n later years ears he wont won't know where to apply for tor or the Information He lie may be able to o follow It up easily eully from hearsay and the Information of oC friends But suppose his birth has not been registered registered reg- reg at all all aU as happens still Inmany Inmany in inmany many places He ne may never know his hll history then And friends in time ime can forget It is surprising how many times Umu In n later life Ure and especially now with International lines Unu tightening a birth certificate is I. required or at it least tome some authentic record of oC time ime and place Particularly place So I advise every mother and father to see Ite that the baby is b registered at birth and a duplicate certificate given to them thorn Then this copy should be either secured In an album album al- al bum mm or put away with other family fam- fam II ly ily papers in a metal box labeled and kept in a safe lare place It is a splendid Idea to write down he the names of as many relatives near and distant as you can re remember re- re member Some day your children will be intensely interested if IC not now Put In marriages and relatives relatives relatives rela rela- tives b by marriage and of ot course all aU deaths with dates and places Such matters matter are the childs child's right right- More l Imater material for your private safety box Saves Save Embarrassment All valuable papers such uch as your wedding certificate should hould be che cher- cher shed Also Insurance papers army discharger discharge papers titles to property and leases Indeed any and all papers that you need to put your land hand on at a moments moment's notice I could go 10 on indefinitely but every parent knows know what he considers valuable It never neve hurts hurb to have duplicates of ot every everything thin no matter matter matter mat mat- ter where else they are recorded Wills WUI above aboe everything should hould have havea a place and stay tay there You wont won't live forever Even If you do live to be b. a hundred you youma ma may move a dozen Umes times and it is better to take history right with you Your children will wll thank you some lome day for leaving your house in order and u saving them perhaps embarrassment embarrassment embarrassment em em- and a great neat deal of trouble in years ers to come |