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9. If you know the state they lived/worked in, you can check the state historical

Reply to grasswire (Original post)

Fri Jan 15, 2016, 08:13 PM

Jan 2016

archives OR the person's city historical society for any items on your ancestor. I got some professional bios w/photos from the Wisconsin State Historical archives. I also have constant contact with a Wisc historical society in the town where most of my relatives started up -- they sent me tons of info, including copies of photos in their newspaper and magazine archives.

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Any hints on finding photos of ancestors on the Internets? [View all] grasswire Sep 2014 OP

Got a photo or two pipi_k Sep 2014 #1

I have found much good material in genealogybank.com. No Vested Interest Sep 2014 #2

you had a nice cousin, it seems shanti Sep 2014 #5

I found some distant cousins blackcrow Dec 2014 #6

It seems to be hit or miss. historylovr Sep 2014 #3

Ancestry.com has a yearbooks section No Vested Interest Sep 2014 #4

Wanted to add something cool pipi_k Jan 2015 #7

Here's a website to try HeiressofBickworth Jan 2015 #8

If you know the state they lived/worked in, you can check the state historical Nay Jan 2016 #9

You'd have to be lucky enough to have someone who scanned photos of your ancestors Spider Jerusalem Jan 2016 #10

Sometimes you can find them on ancestry.com kdmorris Feb 2016 #11

On a whim TuxedoKat Feb 2017 #12