Helen, Most of the family pictures were identified by older relatives in 1970. A few are 1890sSurname.jpg and included in the scrapbook of the earliest known owner. Received a CD-ROM recently with a copy of the 1893 wedding picture of Uncle Fred and Aunt Lizzie. Mum was named Elizabeth after her. Look for clues written on the back of snapshots, size of trees, known individuals, vehicles that can be dated. How about an example for 50+ years of pictures showing Grandpa's favorite house at 602 Grey Crescent? The FTM scrapbook is real, file names made up for a quick reply. Wish I'd thought about taking a picture of the model of the house, it was like a doll's house and probably had a lift off roof. Snapshot albums are a "goldmine" of details for family history. Grandma often wrote on the back of pictures and kept a diary for several trips to visit relatives. I visited the house at least once a week while growing up and Mum remembered more details. Grandpa drew up the construction plans for several family homes and also sketched the plan of his childhood home & town 65 years after moving to Canada. Mum and I made a tour of family landmarks with a camera. Her old school pictures are dated to go with stories, not the date they were photographed. 1948construction602.jpg 1949sidewalk602.jpg 1950cousinT,age3.jpg (cousin T was born Feb 1947) 1955-02-06bicycleBirthdayT.jpg 1957-06-30newCar.jpg 1963-07-15anniversaryFlowers.jpg 1964cousinGraduation.jpg family moved away but we still walked by the house occasionally 2002-07-15flowers602.jpg The real set has about 50 pictures. All color slides were taken after July 1952 when Grandpa got a new camera. Cars changed, trees grew, people visited, house was painted, house was modified to make a double garage. Sometimes a view picture showed a known building that could be dated by checking city directories. Cousin born 1947 and some trees grew taller and then shorter in a few pictures with the original guess dates. Those were soon modified and the FTM scrapbook sorted by date. -- Elizabeth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Allen" > How do you name the photos when you can only estimate the year and hope it > is fairly close?