≡ Not without a trace
One of my colleagues had an interesting story for us today.
Six years ago, a grand old house somewhere in Germany, was being restored. That house, as it turned out, used to belong to her grandparents.
Six years ago, a woman went browsing through an antiques store and came across an interesting leather portfolio, containing souveniers, many photos and a wedding contract. She thought it was interesting, and was surprised to have found it, such interesting pieces of some strangers lives.
Even though the leather pouch was lovely, our buyer didn’t really have a need for it and placed it out of sight, out of mind, somewhere in her house.
But she recently came across it again, and she leafed through the contents one more time. Looking at the pictures, reading the postcares. And she became worried that she may be holding a history that might be lost to a family for good. So recently, she set about trying to track down the family. Through the Internet.
It’s true that the family in question did not have a run-of-the-mill name like Jones, Smith or Wagner, but the little twist that comes into play is the family member that our antiques afficianado found was actually living in the Far East. But by chance, he was part of the Rotary Club there. She wrote to the club, who passed on the note and, well, the family are now re-united with some pieces of their past.
Twenty years ago, tracking the family down wouldn’t have been easy. You would have needed to travel to (in most instances) the place where the couple was married to begin the tracing. But with the internet and the access there is (sometimes free) to family trees, her job became a piece of cake.
Many people prefer to be anonymous when it comes to the Internet. Here’s a great example of why being public can be great!
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