This site is primarily the concept of Joy Shivar, owner of JustaJoy Historical Treasures.  Based in her love for items from American History, she began a direct retail business in Charlotte, NC, in 2001.  The business has grown substantially since and is often featured at many antique shows throughout the Southeast.  The primary items offered at shows include items from America's Civil War, Black History, the World Wars, presidential items and colonial period pieces.  All items are always guaranteed to be authentic and as represented. 

 

Recent Display At the Metrolina Antique Show in Charlotte, NC

 

JustaJoy Historical Treasures has been quite successful during this period, and as the business has grown, the need for an avenue to be able to match items back to families became evident.  With the help and encouragement of Joy's husband, George, who had recently retired from a legal software business, this website was launched in early 2007.  The plan is to offer an opportunity for genealogists and others to take the leap from "information to artifacts" in order to be able to actually own an ancestral item.

Thanks to many special relationships with other antique dealers established over many years, JustaJoy is able to procure surname-related consignments to make the site succeed.  Nearly every antique dealer has something that would be cherished by a family member, but, until now, there has not been a way to make the match.  This site is the culmination of a dream to become this matching source to the edification of both the antique dealers (and individuals) who own the items and the families for whom the items would mean so much. 

 

 

Both George and Joy are avid historians and active students of their own genealogy and understand the joy that studying the past can bring.   Both Joy and George have direct ancestors from the Civil War and George has an ancestor who was a Colonel with Francis Marion (the Swamp Fox) during the Revolutionary War.  George also has an ancestor who is buried in Camden, SC very near the brother-in-law of Abraham Lincoln, a doctor who served the Confederacy (as did 4 other of Mary Todd Lincoln's brothers.)

Joy was raised in Boonesboro, Kentucky on the banks of the Kentucky River surrounded by the history of Daniel Boone.  She attributes this to the source of her love of history.  Her genealogical studies have revealed ancestors from both sides of the Civil War, as well as other interesting characters that she loves to talk about.  Joy regularly says with a smile, "You can't trust someone who doesn't like history!", but one can easily determine that she believes there may be some truth behind this joke because one thing is for sure - she dedicates her life to it.

Joy welcomes everyone who has a similar interest to all aspects of her business and wants to thank YOU for taking the time to get to know JustaJoy Historical Treasures!