[or-roots] old photos 2

[Suz_ES]

Ronda,
I have been able to match up pictures from old photo albums and such with
some of the same type of pictures.  Most likely they are family members.  I
did a lot of "who was the oldest" and work that way dating pictures.  My
daughter seems to have a knack of seeing "likenesses" in pictures and was
able to help.

Maybe someone else in the family can help you identify.  Don't give up!

suzanne
  -----Original Message-----
  From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
[mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us]On Behalf Of Ronda Howard
  Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 8:49 AM
  To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
  Subject: Re: [or-roots] old photos 2


  I have a related question for you all.  While cleaning out my 86 year old
Mother-in-law's house we found her Mother-in-law's pictures.  They were
inside a blanket box 20 x 20 x 6.  There's at least 200 pictures inside, all
are on that 1/8 inch hardboard that old pictures are on.  I'd say the
pictures are 80 to 120  years old and haven't seen the light of day for
decades.  I plan to scan them.  Actually I scanned 1/2 of them but the
scanner was defective and there are streaks through the pictures.  What do I
do with the actual pictures.  Good for all of you who are labeling your
pictures.  80% of these are not identified, which makes me sad.  I know I'd
absolutely love to know who these relatives are.
  Ronda
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: George Ross
    To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
    Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 9:43 PM
    Subject: Re: [or-roots] old photos


    When putting together our family history photos we begin each
generational family with the family group sheet.  The photos are added after
the group sheet beginning with photos of the parents and then photos of the
children.  We also add documents such as birth  certificates, BLM land
claims, letters, citations from books, wills, census records, etc. and end
with the death certificate(s) and obituary(ies) and photos of grave stones
when they are available.  Then we begin the next family.

    There is always a question of "how many photos" to add or "is it too
much information", but with the older family ancestors we don't usually have
a problem deciding what to use.

    We use only two acid free squares when we attach our photos.(That's the
same when scrapbooking our recent photos, too, as we know the photos won't
fall out of the sheet protectors).  We also have acid free clear photo
corners that we use if we don't want to have the squares stick to the photo.
I have been using black background paper or a tan color for most of my
background sheets when doing my heritage albums.  I will use special
scrapbooking paper for wedding photos. For my heritage albums I do very
simple pages and include the names of the individuals and approximate date
and location, if known. I've also seen some lovely pages that should be hung
on a wall and not hidden in a book.

    There is no "real" way to do your albums.  No moderator is going to ask
you if "that's your final answer, do you want to phone a friend or take an
audience poll" when you are deciding what to use and where to place things.
Just doing it will allow others the opportunity of looking at an organized
glimpse into the past in future years.

    Good Luck! Julie
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