That's a good idea. I think that I will scan mine in case someone comes along that might recognize them. I did have a situation where I found a far distant relative who could identify the people on a photograph from Norway in the 1850s which had been handed down in my mother's family from her Norwegian grandfather. ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: [NJGLOUCE] OLD PICTURES--WHAT TO DO Author: <[email protected] > at internet Date: 9/7/99 10:42 AM Hello all, What I did with the old pictures of my family that I had no idea who they were...(They were in a DEEMS family album, from MD to NYC c1834). With a 35mm camera, tripod, & close up lens...I made pictures of the pictures. This gives you a negative with which I made copies and sent to relatives of that family. Those pictures I sent out went all over the US and some of the other family members were able to Identify some of them.. Don't forget that some of those pictures were used as "business cards" so-to-speak. When a person came-a callin' they would hand you a small picture of themselves as if to say remember I was here. Best of luck. Dave By the way...I'm searching GENTRY & HECTOR families from Salem. Gloucester, & Cumberland Co's., NJ