I have done the same things with old cabinet cards, etc. I've found at estate sales (and antique shops). It is fun and a real act of kindness to try to "send them home." The sad thing is to find living descendents that are so UNINTERESTED in the photos that they will not even reimburse you what you paid for them (usually very little)! Speaking as someone who has practically no ancestral photos, I would glad pay big bucks if anyone uncovered any pictures of my kin. One of my husband's ancestors actually operated a photography studio in Mississippi County, MO during the 1870's. If anyone ever comes across a cabinet card that has a "Walgamot Studios" in Charlston, MO imprint, I'll pay $100.00 for it, regardless of WHO is in the picture! Lynda Moreau New Orleans ----- Original Message ----- From: <Sorralla@aol.com> To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 9:19 AM Subject: [LAUNION] Old photos and what we should do with them > Mary, > I think you and I went to the same Antique shop in West Monroe.I also > looked at all those old photos a couple of weeks ago there.I do have a sucess > story I would like to share with everyone here about some that had a little > informatation on the back.I ran into 2 small photos with the names of Emma & > Anson Jones from Dodson,Louisiana.Well that really perked my interest,sense I > do reasearch of my family in Winn Parish.I put a post out on LAWINN site > asking if anyone had any info on these people {really hoping to find any > decendants} of Emma & Anson.Annette Womack the Winn parish Genealogical & > Historical Association President and Winn site coordinator emailed me back > telling me that Emma was her G-grandmother & Anson was her son! I know > Annette personally,and sent her the photos rite away.She had informataion on > them but no photo. > > I have a good idea,why don't we ask our site coordinators if they > could add a special section on the sites, where if anyone has old documented > photos like I found could put them up for all reasearchers to see.I know that > 3/4's of the photos at Antique shops do not have any doucumention on them,but > as I just explained above i was able to take the photos I found away from > that dusty box at that antique shop,and find their way back to Winn parish > and their family. > > Susie Boyett Hodge > > > ==== LAUNION Mailing List ==== > List manager > launion-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >