Give your log (or any other) Home a House Log!
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July/August 1981
By Catherine Allen
Don't be afraid to do some research (check the local registry office, long-time residents of the area, school records, old newspapers, etc.), and to go into as much detail as you like in your mini-biographies. Seemingly small bits of knowledge can really make a log come to life. One woman! know included a photograph of her front door . . . along with a note explaining that the portal's split panel was a result of a brawl that occurred when the home served as a hotel during the 1850's!
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EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY
Photographs—or old drawings—can often add a lot of interest value to a house log. Round up every shot you can find of the interior and exterior of the structure over the years. If you built your own home, be sure to add any step-by-step construction photos, too. And, of course, portraits of past and present residents should—when available—accompany the stories of those families.
A PERMANENT ADDITION
Once your log-book has been assembled, it should be installed in a permanent place in the house. Naturally, if you move away, you might want to make a photocopy of the log to take along, but the original should remain behind . . . to continue to grow. As occupants come and go, as families overcome hardships and experience joys, the log that you start now can become a small but significant part of the history of your area . . . and help maintain the links to the past that sometimes go a long way toward making life in the present more meaningful.
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