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Lost Faces: Ancestor Photos & Albums

Photographs of Ancestors - we all want them, some of us are lucky enough to have them. Learn how to date these old photos. Share your ancestor photos . NOTE: Do not upload photos wider than 500 pixels. See "Uploading Photos to the Group" for help.

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Latest Activity: Jul 20, 2018

Helpful Information - Please Read Before Posting to the Group

Uploading Photos to the Group

PLEASE upload photos in the DISCUSSION FORUM and not the COMMENT WALL. All questions, queries, and ancestor photos should go in DISCUSSION. It's easier to keep track of answers, and it helps all of us to help each other.

Photos being uploaded to this group are stretching and are not displaying properly. The solution is to RESIZE your photo before you upload. I use IRFANVIEW which is a free graphic program. But you can use any program you like.

Open your photo, and RESIZE it so that the width is no more than 550 pixels. Make sure the aspect ratio is set and that way the length will resize automatically. Click SAVE (I like to SAVE AS a new file so I still have the original) and then upload the smaller image (550 wide) to this group. Your photo will then display as it should without the stretching

How to Date an Ancestor Photograph

Click on the links below to read details of the tips and hints for dating ancestor photographs. More tips will be added over the next few weeks.

Hints For Dating an Ancestor Photograph

Corners From 1859 on, CDVs had square cut corners. From 1872 on, corners were rounded... (continue reading)

Using Revenue Stamps to Date Photographs

In the United States, an act of Congress passed on June 30, 1864 added a new tax on all "photographs, ambrotypes, daguerreotypes or any ... (continue reading)

Examples of Photographs

Click on the links to see examples and read descriptions of old photographs. The description includes tips and techniques you can use to date your own photographs.

9th Plate Tin Type

This is a 9th plate TinType, hand coloured, and... (continue reading)

CDV with 2cent George Washington Orange Revenue Stamp

Example of a CDV taken between 1864 and 1866.... (continue reading)

Carte de Visite March 1867

This is a gorgeous example of fashion in 1867.... (continue reading)

Civil War Era CDV

Example of a pre-1872 CDV with square corners which have been cut to fit into a photo album.... (continue reading)

Discussion Forum

Tintype dating

Started by sk hendeson Mar 6, 2014. 0 Replies

Tintype dating

Started by sk hendeson Mar 6, 2014. 0 Replies

another one

Started by Pam Shakespeare. Last reply by Pam Shakespeare Sep 17, 2011. 2 Replies

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Comment by Cindy Neely on July 25, 2009 at 8:00pm
My daughter bought an old portrait at a second hand store. We don't know who the woman or where the portrait came from. She asked if I could come over soon and take a photo of it so hopefully I'll have it on here within the next few days.
Comment by Marco Simola on July 25, 2009 at 6:37pm
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Comment by Colleen Hart on July 24, 2009 at 8:20am
Wendi, Lorine is right about scanning. I failed to mention that. I have emailed photos to people I know or have met on line, posted the unidentifieds on Flickr, etc.
Comment by Stacye Mehard on July 24, 2009 at 12:41am
Katie, It looks to be a wedding photo. I'm wondering if any of the men might be brothers or the women sisters or maybe brother-sisters? Keep that in mind as you go through your various family members and in looking at any other photos you have of those times.
Comment by Brett Payne on July 23, 2009 at 11:07pm
Katie - It looks very much like a wedding portrait, but I doubt very much that it is from 1849. The only photographs available then were daguerreotypes, and this looks like a standard print in a carte de visite or cabinet card format to me. The clothes are difficult to date - for me, at least - but could be from the late 1870s or early 1880s. The bride and groom in the centre both look very young - perhaps around twenty years old? I would suggest that they be from a generation younger than the couple you have mentioned.
Comment by Katie H on July 23, 2009 at 10:50pm
Thank you Stacye. Do you think it's a wedding picture?
Katie
Comment by Stacye Mehard on July 23, 2009 at 6:53pm
Hi Katie, The photo came through this time. My best guess is that the photo is from the 1870's. What I call the 'soft bustle' style dress .



http://www.costumes.org/history/victorian/women/fashionplates/1874godey4.jpg

http://www.costumes.org/HISTORY/100pages/timelinepages/1870s1.htm

http://www.costumes.org/history/victorian/museedetallieurs/10338_09.jpg
Comment by Khathu on July 23, 2009 at 6:24pm
Lorine - I will try to track down the original picture. A distance relative sent me the picture via email.
Comment by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on July 23, 2009 at 4:05pm
Wendi - Colleen had some great ideas for you! When I inherit albums or photos from a relative, the first thing I do is scan them all. Make sure you note where they came from (Grandpa's house 2009) so that you will remember later on. Remember that every photo in that home probably has some connection to the people who lived there.

For photos I am clueless as to who the people are, I make copies and send to my aunt or one of my older siblings, asking if they recognize anyone or the house or car or whatever is in the photo. I don't overwhelm them, I only send 4 or 5 at one time.

I also compare the photos with others that I have from the same branch of the family. I have been able to ID a few that way but what most often pays off is sending copies to others in the family.

Don't give up, it can take years to ID them but you may be lucky! That is why it's important to scan and label and organize the copies (and the originals) so that you will know where they came from later on.
Comment by Colleen Hart on July 23, 2009 at 3:17pm
Wendi, I have identified a few people by looking at other's photos. Sometimes school group pictures that are labelled can help. Ask any older people in your family that you can. Sometimes if you can ID one, you can id them in later years, as children, etc.
 

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