Instead of using it as drawer liner, Cristine Lund is now on the hunt for the original owner of a roll of wallpaper she purchased at the Salvation Army Thrift Store in Campbell River.

鈥淚 wasn鈥檛 looking for wallpaper in particular, I was just browsing for anything interesting that I could use in one of my hobbies,鈥� she says. 鈥淚 do a lot of different crafts and more recently have started refinishing vintage and antique furniture.鈥�

But what she had purchased was not just any wallpaper though. The $2 vintage wall covering had a six-foot family tree penciled on its back with dates that go as far back as 1593. A few thoughts went through her mind, she says, and she鈥檚 still not sure in what order.

鈥淚 was surprised at how big it was鈥︹�� she says. 鈥淭he dates grabbed my attention because at quick glance I didn鈥檛 see anything more recent than the 1800s. Then I thought that I can鈥檛 use use this in my hobbies鈥� I can鈥檛 cut it up, it might be important to someone.鈥�

Lund initially posted her find on Facebook, hoping to connect with members of the Anglo-Saxon-named families sketched on to the wallpaper: Kent, Edwards, Hodgeson, Elizabeth. She has been researching her own genealogy, so thought it be best to post in on Facebook, thinking it would be important to someone.

鈥淧eople on Facebook seemed quite interested,鈥� she says. 鈥淚 guess everyone love鈥檚 a mystery.鈥�

She plans on delivering the wallpaper to the Campbell River Genealogy Society, however, she did get a message from them that they might have found the owner already.

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