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Spider Jerusalem

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10. You'd have to be lucky enough to have someone who scanned photos of your ancestors

Fri Jan 29, 2016, 12:43 AM

Jan 2016

which depends on whether or not some local historical society had photos of them, or whether a distant cousin you didn't know about had photos of them, so, the odds are pretty lowish that you'll find anything. I found some photos of some of my ancestors on the National Archives website, but that's less to do with luck and more to do with the fact that my distant great-uncle (by marriage) was Mathew Brady (the photographer; Civil War, etc), and the National Archives has most of his negatives and prints.

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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