We have received this email from Doug Fieg, son of Lothar "Bud" and Catherine Fieg and grandson of Lothar and Florence Fieg. Please send him any details you might have to complete the unknowns!
I just barely completed my "Christmas Card" to extended
family: An enhanced and edited video of all the Fieg family reunions (and one Shields reunion), dating back to 1950.
I remember Dad was always taking movies for just about
everything, through the 1960s. I'm guessing he wanted those
movies to live on, so here is my part to that end.
After realizing that I couldn't do everything I wanted to do
by Christmas, I came to the realization that it is a good
thing! If you could post this to the Fieg Family Newsletter
website, that would be great. Then, if others can chime
in with facts (or remembrances) that can help me fill in the "To
Do's," detailed in the video, that might be helpful and fun!
Now everyone can get in on the act!
I was thinking that if anyone had any information or help to
give, they could email me, and that's fine. But it might be
more fun to post to the newsletter website, causing who-knows-what
kind of collaboration and banter among cousins and more distant
relatives! What do you think?
We don't really have that many people posting to the
newsletter website. But if more did, it might be fun!
Anyway, my email address is dougfieg@gmail.com.
Thanks,
Doug
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3 comments:
One particularly observant leaf on a branch of our sprawling family tree has kindly drawn attention to a potential confusion in the opening snapshots of the recent video compilation, noting:
"In the first part where you have the snapshots, you mixed up Dorothy and Maxine's pix."
Gentle Viewer,
Your video editor profusely thanks you for your proactive efforts at contributing in a most significant way—namely, to correct an inadvertent transposition of photographs intended to represent dear Aunts Dorothy and Maxine.
Your correspondent, ever mindful of the solemn duty owed to historical accuracy (particularly when it involves one’s own relations), hastened to review the footage with the scrupulous care usually reserved for matters of etiquette or inheritance. Upon close examination, the evidence appears to suggest that the lady depicted in the family-tree portrait—drawn from the 1953 reunion footage at 11:41 (see below)—is indeed Aunt Maxine, for she is none other than the same graceful dancer captured three years earlier at 5:41 in the 1950 sequence, where Father himself announces, with the confident authority of a brother, “Bob and Maxine Whiteside!”
Here is the still frame from the 1953 reunion (11:41 timestamp):
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1ggrxkPg4Zd6JH8b_qmUmIdoJLxxsOJ_8
And here is the still frame from the 1950 reunion dancing scene (5:41 timestamp):
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1CVjw7VL_eMrlPBURgTftrVFMLO6lS-gq
Should these two images prove to portray different individuals, your humbled editor stands prepared to consume his hat in solemn penance—an act which, though nutritionally dubious, would at least provide a memorable conclusion to the proceedings.
In the interest of perfecting future editions (and sparing the milliner unnecessary labor), contributions from the Whiteside and Roman contingents would be most warmly welcomed. Do, pray, weigh in: Are the aunts correctly placed, regrettably reversed, or has some hitherto unknown doppelgänger infiltrated our archives?
The more voices raised in gentle correction, the merrier—and more accurate—the final production shall be.
With appreciation for all who lend their eyes and memories to this delightful endeavor,
Your devoted chronicler of family follies
Gentle Viewer (a gentle reminder),
For those wishing to compare the two still frames mentioned below:
Please copy and paste these links into your browser address bar (or right-click > "Open link in new tab" if your browser allows it on plain text):
1953 reunion still (11:41 timestamp – the wonderful smile used in the family tree portrait):
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1ggrxkPg4Zd6JH8b_qmUmIdoJLxxsOJ_8
1950 reunion dancing scene (5:41 timestamp – Maxine and Bob, as announced by Dad):
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1CVjw7VL_eMrlPBURgTftrVFMLO6lS-gq
They should display the full images directly. Apologies for the minor inconvenience—Blogger's comment system is a bit old-fashioned in this regard!
The rest of the invitation stands: Do weigh in with your recollections, particularly from the Whiteside and Roman branches.
With continued appreciation,
Your devoted chronicler of family follies
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