Last week I was able to spend some time with my GrandAunt Barbara and my Auntie V at Barbara’s home in Spokane, Washington. We had a good time together. Aunt Barbara shared lots of stories, photos, and other family heirlooms with us. I have so much to preserve from that visit. It’s exciting! One of my favorite finds was a grouping of photographs and stories about Grandpa Costello’s car.
Grandpa Costello bought a 1932 Buick right off the showroom floor. Apparently, Grandma Costello wasn’t too happy about that. Grandpa babied that car – a deluxe model complete with flower holders in the back seat – he would park it in the garage that had a dirt floor, but every time he took it out he would dust the entire car.
When Aunt Barbara was dating Uncle Dan, Grandpa Costello still had that car. So Barbara rode it in. When Grandpa Costello could no longer drive, the car was sold to some friends of Aunt Virginia’s. Dan was very upset by that because he really wanted that car.
Years later, Dan and Barbara flew in Dan’s plane to somewhere near Ione.* There was a car show near the airport and in that car show, there was Grandpa’s car! His actual car, not just the same model.
Each time I visit my relatives from an older generation I learn new details about my ancestors. Each and every trip is so worth it. I LOVE the picture of John and Mary standing next to Grandpa’s car!! What a treasure to add to my small “John Costello” collection.
I used these photos along with the audio of this part of the interview to create a video using Animoto. I’m toying with purchasing a plan with Animoto and created this video as part of my trial. Have you used Animoto or a similar service or program? Which do you prefer? I tried using Adobe Spark but there were far too many limitations with the audio. I have lots and lots of audio files that would work nicely in a video and definitely want flexibility in the audio files I can use. Here is my video:
Happy Monday, I hope you make a fantastic genealogy discovery this week!
*{Ummm, can I just say that I wish I had asked about Dan’s plane and flying? I was so distracted by the car stories that I missed that tid-bit…}