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Here's A Tip
if you have any old family photos from way back, or not so way back, that you have inherited over the years, please make time at some point to put a few notes on the back, like, who the person is, what relation, how they fit in your family. I've been given a bundle of photos, some will be over 120 years old, but no one knows who they are of. very frustrating they could be my direct family, or some in laws or outlaws. not being american I am not just going to allocate them at will.
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Amen to all that, Dotty! My grandmother was a right hoarder of photographs - there were loads passed on. She was actually very good in that many of them did say who the subjects were and sometimes where and when the photo was taken. One trick is to get to recognise particular people and spot them in other photos. Many subjects weren't family at all: she had masses...
23:37 Mon 16th Sep 2013
Amen to all that, Dotty!
My grandmother was a right hoarder of photographs - there were loads passed on. She was actually very good in that many of them did say who the subjects were and sometimes where and when the photo was taken. One trick is to get to recognise particular people and spot them in other photos. Many subjects weren't family at all: she had masses of friends over the years. I made my Dad go through them all and he filled in some more gaps. If you can get a senior member of the family to do that, you often get little anecdotes which are very valuable. Sometimes not accurate, can be 10 years adrift or even a generation, but usually there's a grain of truth in family gossip. Trouble is, that I am the senior member these days.....
My grandmother was a right hoarder of photographs - there were loads passed on. She was actually very good in that many of them did say who the subjects were and sometimes where and when the photo was taken. One trick is to get to recognise particular people and spot them in other photos. Many subjects weren't family at all: she had masses of friends over the years. I made my Dad go through them all and he filled in some more gaps. If you can get a senior member of the family to do that, you often get little anecdotes which are very valuable. Sometimes not accurate, can be 10 years adrift or even a generation, but usually there's a grain of truth in family gossip. Trouble is, that I am the senior member these days.....
if there is a problem writing on the back of a photo first write the details on a plain white sticky label and then put that on the back of the photo. what do you mean by electronic ones? if they are ones you upload then rename them individually and put them in a file on your computer dedicated to one surname.
Good advice Dotty, thanks. We came across some old photos when clearing out my late MIL house. No idea which side of the family they are let alone who they are. The women are beautifully dressed. My guess is early victorian but would love to know if they are which would give some idea of possible dates at least
the problem is that old photos are invariably passed on to the next generation and that means they come from at least 2 different families, but if they are passed on again that means they are from at least 4 sides of a family, and who knows what in laws etc can be included, it's like a pyramid, identifying them and putting them in context of your family and time is important.
I too have a stack of photos from 1860 onwards,not a clue who they are, as you said Dot they could be from any side of the family,my Grans or my Grandads,we just don't know.I've been trying to pick out family likenesses but not really found any.The thing is too some were taken in London,Bristol,York and not just in the towns the family came from.
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