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[quote=Anonymous]Re: old photos and documents
When my MIL passed, we went to clean up her condo.  After coordinating with siblings, we sent 3 huge cartons of photos and memorabilia to another sibling who wasn't able to help with the clean-up.  That sibling's contribution to wrapping up MIL's affairs was to take over the photos.  They have a laptop a large hard drive and a scanner. They hire a local high school student to come over 1-3 days a week after school (sometimes longer during the summer) and they scan and try to date/identify photos (many have notations on the back).  Things that can't be scanned can be photographed digitally.  After all is done, they plan to make copies of the hard drive for each of the surviving children so each has a copy of the photos.  Some interesting documents.  We found my MIL and FIL's original marriage certificate and my FIL's discharge papers, plus information about the first house where the kids were born.

Re: silverware
Do you know if the silverware is a collectable or expensive set.  If so, you can contact places like replacements.com and see if they will purchase. Many times if there are good name china or silverware especially in lines that are no longer produced companies like replacements.com will purchase sets of them so that they can sell replacements to people who, for various reasons, no longer have a full set and want to complete their sets.  We've bought and sold several individual pieces of higher name brands with them.

Re: antique gun
Do NOT destroy the gun.  If you want to make sure it is safe, you can pay to have the barrel filled or blocked so that the weapon is no longer usable.  But you do not want to destroy something that may be a collectable.  We lose so much history because people destroy antiques instead of selling them to collectors.  And this as someone is who rabidly anti-gun, but the gun is no longer really a weapon (and you can ensure that it no longer is), but a piece of history.[/quote]

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