I received permission to post these ideas on family pictures. Jane Foley Jane; What a perfect poem. When my Mother died, I found about 200 negatives of pictures taken 1920's to 1950's. Had to find a photo studio that had the equipment to develop these large negatives, some were 2 x 2 inches. I made several booklet form copies and mailed out to any living relatives, they would write the name, date etc. that they knew, mailed it back to me, then I would let everyone know as many names as we all could figure out. What a job!! Took months and money. Sharon Wallis Klassen AMEN to that, Jane Foley! I have 'inherited' all my great-aunts papers, including pictures of our family members that I'd never seen before. No names on anything! Anne How fortunate for you to have 'inherited' all this wonderful information and pictures. A suggestion I would like to make is to take these pictures to a Family Reunion (even if you have to organize one yourself), spread them out on a table and have everyone look and try to help you identify the family members. Of course, this may not help unless you have some of the "older" generation present but you won't know unless you try it. Invite people from the community where the family grew up. Make sure you get the word out about the "get-together" and ask anyone to come that is interested in that family or knows anything about the family. I wish you luck! Margie Thanks for this Jane; I have been for some time trying to identify as many as I can from my grandmothers old photo album (1875-1967) and my wife's mothers box of old pictures (1902-1993) I have been unable to find anyone still living who can identify more than 10% of the people. I know some of those who "old folks" in the more recent photos have got to be some of the "youngins" in the older photos. My wife and I have started going through all our old photos and putting name, places, and dates as best we can. I am also scanning them all and putting the info on each one on the CD. We are now 72 & 70 years old and have a lot of pictures going back to our junior high school (or I guess they call it "middle school" today) Thanks again Bob in Victoria, TX

I must have missed the poem! Could someone post it again, please? Thanks! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Foley" <mjfent@bellsouth.net> To: <KYFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 7:57 AM Subject: [KYFAYETT] Strangers in the Box > I received permission to post these ideas on family pictures. > > Jane Foley > > > Jane; What a perfect poem. When my Mother died, I found about 200 negatives > of pictures taken 1920's to 1950's. Had to find a photo studio that had the > equipment to develop these large negatives, some were 2 x 2 inches. I made > several booklet form copies and mailed out to any living relatives, they > would write the name, date etc. that they knew, mailed it back to me, then > I would let everyone know as many names as we all could figure out. What a > job!! Took months and money. > > Sharon Wallis Klassen > > > AMEN to that, Jane Foley! > I have 'inherited' all my great-aunts papers, including pictures of our > family members that I'd never seen before. No names on anything! > > Anne > > > How fortunate for you to have 'inherited' all this wonderful information and > pictures. A suggestion I would like to make is to take these pictures to a > Family Reunion (even if you have to organize one yourself), spread them out > on a table and have everyone look and try to help you identify the family > members. > > Of course, this may not help unless you have some of the "older" generation > present but you won't know unless you try it. Invite people from the > community where the family grew up. Make sure you get the word out about > the "get-together" and ask anyone to come that is interested in that family > or > knows anything about the family. I wish you luck! > > Margie > > > Thanks for this Jane; > > I have been for some time trying to identify as many as I can from my > grandmothers old photo album (1875-1967) and my wife's mothers box of old > pictures (1902-1993) > > I have been unable to find anyone still living who can identify more than > 10% of the people. I know some of those who "old folks" in the more recent > photos have got to be some of the "youngins" in the older photos. My wife > and I have started going through all our old photos and putting name, > places, and dates as best we can. I am also scanning them all and putting > the info on each one on the CD. We are now 72 & 70 years old and have a lot > of pictures going back to our junior high school (or I guess they call it > "middle school" today) > > Thanks again > Bob in Victoria, TX > > > > ==== KYFAYETT Mailing List ==== > Thought for the day: Every ancestor you find today just means > two more you have to find tomorrow... Keep up the good work! > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

I, too, missed the poem Strangers in the Box and it sounds like it may be a nice one to add to my family poems. Would someone please send it again. Thank you Dottie Porter Himes Dottie Himes Lewisport, KY 42351 djhimes@bellsouth.net I love my Family, Genealogy is Addictive but Fun: SURNAMES: Heim, Himes, Ahlers, Shroyer, Swadener /Burch, Clements, Hagan, Hutchins, Porter /Hayden, Mulligan,Young, and many more. -------Original Message------- From: KYFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com Date: 06/07/05 08:59:32 To: KYFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [KYFAYETT] Strangers in the Box I must have missed the poem! Could someone post it again, please? Thanks! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Foley" <mjfent@bellsouth.net> To: <KYFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 7:57 AM Subject: [KYFAYETT] Strangers in the Box > I received permission to post these ideas on family pictures. > > Jane Foley > > > Jane; What a perfect poem. When my Mother died, I found about 200 negatives > of pictures taken 1920's to 1950's. Had to find a photo studio that had the > equipment to develop these large negatives, some were 2 x 2 inches. I made > several booklet form copies and mailed out to any living relatives, they > would write the name, date etc. that they knew, mailed it back to me, then > I would let everyone know as many names as we all could figure out. What a > job!! Took months and money. > > Sharon Wallis Klassen > > > AMEN to that, Jane Foley! > I have 'inherited' all my great-aunts papers, including pictures of our > family members that I'd never seen before. No names on anything! > > Anne > > > How fortunate for you to have 'inherited' all this wonderful information and > pictures. A suggestion I would like to make is to take these pictures to a > Family Reunion (even if you have to organize one yourself), spread them out > on a table and have everyone look and try to help you identify the family > members. > > Of course, this may not help unless you have some of the "older" generation > present but you won't know unless you try it. Invite people from the > community where the family grew up. Make sure you get the word out about > the "get-together" and ask anyone to come that is interested in that family > or > knows anything about the family. I wish you luck! > > Margie > > > Thanks for this Jane; > > I have been for some time trying to identify as many as I can from my > grandmothers old photo album (1875-1967) and my wife's mothers box of old > pictures (1902-1993) > > I have been unable to find anyone still living who can identify more than > 10% of the people. I know some of those who "old folks" in the more recent > photos have got to be some of the "youngins" in the older photos. My wife > and I have started going through all our old photos and putting name, > places, and dates as best we can. I am also scanning them all and putting > the info on each one on the CD. We are now 72 & 70 years old and have a lot > of pictures going back to our junior high school (or I guess they call it > "middle school" today) > > Thanks again > Bob in Victoria, TX > > > > ==== KYFAYETT Mailing List ==== > Thought for the day: Every ancestor you find today just means > two more you have to find tomorrow... Keep up the good work! > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > ==== KYFAYETT Mailing List ==== Putting all your surnames in all CAPITAL letters helps them stand out when skimming through postings. Estimated dates also help, if nothing definite is known. ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx