Alec, whatever you do, do not throw the album away. (Yes, it's been known to happen). I have had access to a very old leather album with a music box in the back. The photos were taken in the 1800s of my great grandmothers family who hailed from Wales. Some had the address of the photographer on them but no notation as to who they are. I scanned the photos and put them into an album for myself and returned the original back to my Uncle. Recently I was holding a class on preserving photos and one lady was looking through this little album and recognised some of the faces. She has since shown me her photos and they are identical to some I have. Not only have I found a relative, but also some names to the faces that I thought I would never ever find. Keep trying, you never know! Cheers Jenny Geraldton West Australia > I can vouch for that. My wife was recently given a very old photo album > from the personal effects of one her Grandmothers. The photo album > covers were made of cloth corduroy with a mirrors on it - very > Edwardian. It turns out that no one knew of it's existence and had been > buried in her attic. It contained many family photographs mostly from > the early part of the last century but also from the late 19th century > since among them were some daguerreotypes. None of the 150 or so photos > had any notations whatsoever and the identities of the people in the > photos died with her. Very sad. > > Cheers - > > Alec >