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| Minutes of the Laracha Town Council meeting held on January 5, 1932 |
In Galicia, where people are so attached to the land, inheritance is important. By inheritance, however, we can refer literally to what property our ancestors have handed down to our family through generations, but also to a historical, cultural and artistic heritage and even to a documentary heritage.
I think this is how I should refer to all those family documents and mementos that have been handed down to me, such as land deeds, letters, photographs and, curiously enough, the minutes of a council meeting in A Laracha signed on January 5, 1932 by, among others, my maternal and paternal grandfathers, both town council members during the Second Spanish Republic. This document is part of the treasure of information on our family tree.
It's such hard work organizing and preserving all these documents, that sometimes it seems it would provide at least a part-time job for a professional archivist; in fact it's sometimes tougher than looking after the land property.
I think this is how I should refer to all those family documents and mementos that have been handed down to me, such as land deeds, letters, photographs and, curiously enough, the minutes of a council meeting in A Laracha signed on January 5, 1932 by, among others, my maternal and paternal grandfathers, both town council members during the Second Spanish Republic. This document is part of the treasure of information on our family tree.
It's such hard work organizing and preserving all these documents, that sometimes it seems it would provide at least a part-time job for a professional archivist; in fact it's sometimes tougher than looking after the land property.
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