well, I have a bunch of 'stuff' from both my Mother's side, and my Father's side...and my wife (Ferrara) has lots of things from HER familie(s)...we are almost inundated with things that just 'sit there'.

I suppose the most meaningful are the things my paretnts had carefully saved, including a tonic bottle my maternal grandfather used when he was a barber in Missouri in the early part of the century. My mother considered that her prized posession...various other glassware & letters and quilts also.

I also have a kitchen cupboard from my paternal grandmother...the kind with the flour & sugar bins and bread drawer and plate racksetc..(it actually had the original zinc top when I first got it, but is now just a dining room piece.

I do have my grandfathers watch and his shooting medal from his military service post-Civil war (1880s)

My fathers family lived in Pennsylvania..(near Pittsburg) but traveled a lot, and I have a large album of postcards sent by various members in the 1903-1913 era...such reading!

Now that I have a digital camera, I need to record some of those things with notes so my son will have records and know where everything came from.