FamilySearch and My Grandfather

On September 8, 2020 I read this on my FamilySearch message page:

2 August 2020

Hi,

In cleaning out my grandmother and great grandmother's things, I have an original photo of Marion L. Harris that I'd love to share with a family member. If you know the best address or contact of Marion's descendant, I'm happy to put it in the mail.

Thanks…

As it turns out, the person that reached out on FamilySearch isn’t a relative, but had in her possession a picture of my grandfather.  Through her research she was able to reach out on FamilySearch.org asking for anyone who is his descendant to reply to her message.  

Here is the photo I received in the mail after I replied to her message. My parents and my siblings had never seen it before.  I am so grateful for the effort this person went to so I can have this original 1917 photograph of my grandfather, Marion L. Harris.  

What is FamilySearch.org, you ask?   You can find out for yourself by clicking here.  Anyone can sign up for this free service.  

This is a screen shot from a page on FamilySearch.org which shows some of the activities you can do.  I got to this page by clicking here.  

 

Find out for yourself how easy it is to track your family tree.