Ancestry photos

Identifying old family photographs does not have to be impossible! Tips to identify your ancestors and discover your family history in old family photos.

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Here are some ideas of places to search for family photos.

It is wonderful to uncover the facts of an ancestor's life, but putting a face to a name is the most amazing discovery of all. Find out where to look for ancestor photos.

Learn tips and strategies for dating old family photographs and identifying your ancestor's photos from the 1800's and early 1900's.

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It is wonderful to uncover the facts of an ancestor's life, but putting a face to a name is the most amazing discovery of all. Find out where to look for ancestor photos.

Are you on the hunt for some great photos? Here are some ideas of where to look.

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When you’re all gathered together, sometimes there are just too many cooks in the kitchen, or younger siblings underfoot. Not everyone is into football or jigsaw puzzles, so why not gather together a couple of people from separate generations and branches of the family tree and do some photo identification and preservation? Set aside an hour between or after the meal to pull out a photo album, scrapbook, slides, family film and video, or those love letters in shoeboxes tied-up with string.