Ask each of your children to prepare a small presentation about one of the women in your family tree. Listen to the presentations during a Mother s Day brunch or dinner. Have the children show photos or family heirlooms if you have them. If you know where the women were born and where they lived, you will almost certainly be able to find material about women whose lives were similar to those of your foremothers. Instead of using the originals, make color copies or scan the photos yourself.
Color printers can capture the faded sepia tone of many old photographs.
Be sure that old photographs and family heirlooms are handled and stored carefully. Remove photos from plastic album pages and store them in a special archival box or an acid-free album or scrapbook. Inc. How things get done. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of the eHow Terms of Use and Privacy .