Mike Rowe Learns ANCIENT Method of Tracking Genealogies | Somebody's Gotta Do It 

You made a little poem!

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There's a lady occasionally (Fronter Days for example) at the Sharlott Hall museum in Prescott Arizona that does this sort of thing.

I believe this place closed during 2020 and hadn't opened again. I'm from that area.

@@Keylimelife that sad story is unfortunately common these days.

I recently came into my grandmother's antique button collection. Many of the buttons she had were framed in shadow boxes, but she also had an extensive collection that was not framed, and I have the unframed buttons. Let me tell you that they are absolutely enchanting to look through, and I have had to laugh at myself about the number of hours I have spent just looking at them. I have black hardened rubber buttons made by good year, I have various revolutionary and civil war uniform buttons made of brass, I have a little enamel button that is designed to occupy a button hole and looks much like a pin would, without the pin. This pinless button has the insignia of a broom and whisk makers union that no longer exists. I have steel cuts and black glass, and the details are absolutely incredible. Some of the black glass buttons can also be used as wax seal imprints. I have cup buttons and cellulose, leather and wood, enamel, filligrie, colored glass, and polished stone, bone, shell, and metal. They are all handmade by skilled workers in button factories, and I imagine all the ways our lives are so diferent from the times when there was need for people to work in button factories. They sure knew how to do more with their hands than type. Even typing gave hands a work out back then, on the old typewriters. It requires strong fingers to push them, and the buttons are farther spaced, and it is a wonder to me how they managed to type so fast on those machines. They didn't even have corrective tape, so mistakes were not an option. I have seen some of the things you are describing, regarding the art that was made from the hair of loved ones after their passing. It is masterful craftsmanship beyond my comprehension. I do crochet, but it is no easy thing to use the tiniest hooks, and the finer the thread the harder it is to handle. Then hair poses yet another problem, in that it will look frayed if the hair is not very long, but none of their finished pieces are flawed at all. I don't think could even see that well to appreciate the intricacies, let alone try to recreate similar. It amazes me to think of how we occupied our hands before using them to stuff potato chips in our mouths in front of the tv...not that I do that, bc I was blessed with a lack of interest in the tv, which is probably why I even noticed my buttons in the first place. My three sisters were going to throw them away!! They are relics of our prior eras, and even if not personally valued sentimentally, they are remnants of history and I will preserve them. I think we were better then, and it might do us well to explore the old crafts for our own cultural enrichment. I hope you discover all sorts of new old things in the process of your project. The type of collectors that would be interested are bound to be a treasure trove of heritage, and I hope your seller is pleased with what returns are gotten for her collection. Cheers!

I have a bag with my dead cats hair😂. Only thing I can keep of her. Pluss pictures so keeping loved ones hair makes sense.

@@venus189 I've spun hair collected from a beloved dog of a friend that I gave to her to knit with. Cat hair is usually harder as it's very short, but if mixed with longer fiber, like wool can be spun and made into very warm items.

I'd say a trip to Independence, Missouri might be in your future. 😉

I believe it’s a Victorian tradition?

You are very lucky to have that. Not only is it rich family history but they are very valuable. (Don't tell your cousin's! LOL)

@Erika Rizkalkah, you should take samples of that wreath and get DNA testing on it.

“…scaring other people” So funny!😂

i have never heard of a hair wreath as an Aussie but I love the idea, I wish a had a part of my grand and great grand parents with me, i have only some vague memories of 2 of my great grand parents.

I love everything about this story ❤

Oh, I so agree - Patty from Upstate NY

Yes! I find things Iike this absolutely fascinating. Totally agreed. :) -- Samantha, also upstate NY

He should take her along as a co-host. She's fun.

All the unusual stuff he gets to do is great, but I think it's the people (Characters) he meets that makes the show.

I'm going to steal that line someday.

Agreed!

🤣🤣 I know exactly what you mean with the scary creatures! I have so many hair balls nowadays after brushing and washing my hair I’m surprised I have any hair at all.

Now days it's rare to know someone who would have or take the time to do this intricate of work. Now life is all about hurrying and instant gratification.

The "roots" go deep, eh? haha!

I live in the south. My family tree is a straight line.

@@satchelgeddon4042 Some of my family started north then went south then went north. Let's just say that some of my 2nd Greats at the same people on both sides. LOL

Never give up, you never know when some one will have a clue for you.

Hopefully you don't run into any red hairings

Make sure you label and secure each piece so future generations will be able to put a name, date and background to each piece. I opened up a photo album page to remove an old baby picture of myself once, only to be covered in all this blond hair. Took me a minute to figure out what it was and where it was con from. It was my baby hair from 41 years ago!

Also, be ok with future generations not caring about it and tossing it. I hold onto so many items for my family, but once I'm dead and gone, there is no one else who will appreciate those items and may just well end up in the dump or being sold. And that's ok. The meaning we attribute to items aren't necessarily important to everyone else, and everything eventually will rot or get tossed out.