My family’s history and story is of great concern to, so much so that I intend to reconstruct the family tree as far as I can get in order to know who came before me.
In this same sense, I put a lot a value into objects that have reached through the generations. I have china, some furniture, personal items, photos and photo albums, etc.
Everything tells a piece of a story I wasn’t able to fully live through and instead just brushed me growing up.
It gives me a sense of belonging.
Been archiving my dead parents’ documents over the past year cause I’ve been unemployed. Letters, tax returns, celebratory cards, bills, etc. I think they’ll come in handy in case some fascist fuckwit tries to decide I’m not a citizen or wasn’t born in this country.
Once I’m done with the documents, I’m moving onto archiving VHS tapes, then photos.
How long does the VHS survives?