Ok, I have a question that I would like to hear solutions for. Please bear with me as I ramble a bit. I have a lot of old family photos. By old I mean 1880-1910 time frame. Many I have no clue who they are. But there are a lot that I do know who they are. Most are people that lived in Arkansas on the Louisiana border. A few might be from Louisiana or Georgia. One example would be my gggrandmother, the widow of a Civil War soldier who died a POW. She is dressed in her widows black garb from chin to toes, and the date of the picture is abt 1880, probably taken in Georgia. From there she went to Arkansas. Now the problem is that I can't find anyone in the family that wants any of them.....even the ones I know who they are. My kids don't want them, my cousins don't want them, and there isn't anyone else family wise that is still living. When I die, they will go into file 13 quickly. So my question is this....does anyone have any ideas on what to do with the pictures that will save them from the trash? Elaine Martin

I have a similar issue. I don't have anyone who has children who will really care. I have already talked with the manager of the archives at our local museum. She has agreed to take my family photos. Since my grandparents were all born in TN and MS, I will likely share some of the earlier pictures with museums there and possibly some other museums in TX where they lived. I have scanned most of the pictures that I have and can easily share them with family members in that form.   Pictures that are unidentified are a different problem. I have a few that have the photographer and town on the bottom of the card, so they will probably be sent to those counties. I have already posted a few of those on county sites that have an unknown page.   The big problem is what to do with portrait-size pictures. Most museums are not equipped to handle the larger pictures.   Carol Sue Gibbs Visit Matagorda County, Texas - Where history awaits you! http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txmatago/ ________________________________ From: Elaine Martin <mcstumped@suddenlink.net> To: txgen <txgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 10:54 PM Subject: [TXGEN] Photos Ok, I have a question that I would like to hear solutions for.  Please bear with me as I ramble a bit. I have a lot of old family photos.  By old I mean 1880-1910 time frame.  Many I have no clue who they are.  But there are a lot that I do know who they are.  Most are people that lived in Arkansas on the Louisiana border.  A few might be from Louisiana or Georgia.  One example would be my gggrandmother, the widow of a Civil War soldier who died a POW.  She is dressed in her widows black garb from chin to toes, and the date of the picture is abt 1880, probably taken in Georgia. From there she went to Arkansas. Now the problem is that I can't find anyone in the family that wants any of them.....even the ones I know who they are.  My kids don't want them, my cousins don't want them, and there isn't anyone else family wise that is still living.  When I die, they will go into file 13 quickly.  So my question is this....does anyone have any ideas on what to do with the pictures that will save them from the trash? Elaine Martin ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Elaine.... I am putting mine on Rootsweb on one of the freepages.... that way, they will be there after I am gone and won't require a fee to stay. I found some of my lost relatives this same way. The woman that put them there had died a number of years back but the genealogy and pictures were still available for me. Billie ----- Original Message ----- From: Elaine Martin To: txgen Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 10:54 PM Subject: [TXGEN] Photos Ok, I have a question that I would like to hear solutions for. Please bear with me as I ramble a bit. I have a lot of old family photos. By old I mean 1880-1910 time frame. Many I have no clue who they are. But there are a lot that I do know who they are. Most are people that lived in Arkansas on the Louisiana border. A few might be from Louisiana or Georgia. One example would be my gggrandmother, the widow of a Civil War soldier who died a POW. She is dressed in her widows black garb from chin to toes, and the date of the picture is abt 1880, probably taken in Georgia. From there she went to Arkansas. Now the problem is that I can't find anyone in the family that wants any of them.....even the ones I know who they are. My kids don't want them, my cousins don't want them, and there isn't anyone else family wise that is still living. When I die, they will go into file 13 quickly. So my question is this....does anyone have any ideas on what to do with the pictures that will save them from the trash? Elaine Martin ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Carol is on the right track in trying to find a museum or archives that has a link to the pictures. In order to maybe someday identify the unidentified pictures, they should remain with the pictures that are identified or at the very least have a description sent with the photos about whose collection that they came from and the most likely family name and locations. It would be of value to have a biography of the subject included with the picture. Depending on the facility, they may value family group sheets, etc but some are not interested in the genealogy. However if you can show that the person or family lived in the area and the information can contribute to the knowledge of the area and the culture of the people who lived there, it will be of more value to others who may be researching there. Museums, archives, and libraries are more likely to take the collection if they do not have to spend a lot of time in processing them and they fit their collection policy. So a bunch of pictures in a box is less attractive than pictures that are placed in folders with biographies and other artifacts belonging to the subjects. I am processing a collection at Dallas Public right now that is a World War II Collection of a man who was a gunner during the war. It includes pictures of his crew, some identified, some not, his diary, letters written to his sweetheart back home, and misc items like newspaper clippings, his travel papers, song book from a military base, and other things. It even has ration books, and wrappers from cigarette packages. I talked with my Mother today about gathering up the things that my Dad collected while he was in the military. It won't be as extensive as what I've been processing but we have found pictures, pins, and buttons in boxes and drawers all over the house. Lela On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 10:54 PM, Elaine Martin <mcstumped@suddenlink.net>wrote: > Ok, I have a question that I would like to hear solutions for. Please > bear with me as I ramble a bit. > > I have a lot of old family photos. By old I mean 1880-1910 time frame. > Many I have no clue who they are. But there are a lot that I do know > who they are. Most are people that lived in Arkansas on the Louisiana > border. A few might be from Louisiana or Georgia. One example would be > my gggrandmother, the widow of a Civil War soldier who died a POW. She > is dressed in her widows black garb from chin to toes, and the date of > the picture is abt 1880, probably taken in Georgia. From there she went > to Arkansas. > > Now the problem is that I can't find anyone in the family that wants any > of them.....even the ones I know who they are. My kids don't want them, > my cousins don't want them, and there isn't anyone else family wise that > is still living. When I die, they will go into file 13 quickly. So my > question is this....does anyone have any ideas on what to do with the > pictures that will save them from the trash? > > Elaine Martin > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

We recently had the same type of discussion on TSGS' Facebook group page. I am copying a couple of the responses: >From John Wylie: "Your Texas State Genealogical Society has someone to help you with this. Here's a quote from our Archivist, Linda Reynolds. It depends on the area of Texas. I know of archives that might take them. One thing I usually do is accept the collection and let the donor know that I will be looking for a home for it and when I do I let the donor know where it's new home is. I have the donor sign paperwork that I then transfer with the collection and the new repository" If anyone wants to discuss this with Linda who will be my local contact in Nacogdoches for the TXGenWeb meeting next year...From Linda Reynolds: "I am the TSGS archivist and would like to talk with you about the material you have. You can contact me M-F 8-5 936-468-1562 or lreynolds@sfasu.edu Thanks, Linda Reynolds" > >-----Original Message----- > >From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > >Behalf Of Lela Golightley Evans > >Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 1:28 AM > >To: txgen@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Photos > > > >Carol is on the right track in trying to find a museum or archives that > >has > >a link to the pictures. In order to maybe someday identify the > >unidentified pictures, they should remain with the pictures that are > >identified or at the very least have a description sent with the photos > >about whose collection that they came from and the most likely family > >name > >and locations.

The Portal to Texas History might be interested in this. It would be nice to have a place to put all the lost & found photos. Lisa -----Original Message----- From: Scott Fitzgerald Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 9:06 AM To: txgen@rootsweb.com Cc: 'Linda Reynolds' ; 'John Wylie TSGS' Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Photos We recently had the same type of discussion on TSGS' Facebook group page. I am copying a couple of the responses: >From John Wylie: "Your Texas State Genealogical Society has someone to help you with this. Here's a quote from our Archivist, Linda Reynolds. It depends on the area of Texas. I know of archives that might take them. One thing I usually do is accept the collection and let the donor know that I will be looking for a home for it and when I do I let the donor know where it's new home is. I have the donor sign paperwork that I then transfer with the collection and the new repository" If anyone wants to discuss this with Linda who will be my local contact in Nacogdoches for the TXGenWeb meeting next year...From Linda Reynolds: "I am the TSGS archivist and would like to talk with you about the material you have. You can contact me M-F 8-5 936-468-1562 or lreynolds@sfasu.edu Thanks, Linda Reynolds" > >-----Original Message----- > >From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > >Behalf Of Lela Golightley Evans > >Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 1:28 AM > >To: txgen@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Photos > > > >Carol is on the right track in trying to find a museum or archives that > >has > >a link to the pictures. In order to maybe someday identify the > >unidentified pictures, they should remain with the pictures that are > >identified or at the very least have a description sent with the photos > >about whose collection that they came from and the most likely family > >name > >and locations. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I feel your pain, Elaine. Neither of my children are particularly interested either, but I've threatened to come back and haunt them if they throw all of our family pictures and genealogy away. I told them both that even if they aren't interested that they are only the caretaker for the grandchild or great grandchild that they will have that will want it. Lela On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 10:54 PM, Elaine Martin <mcstumped@suddenlink.net>wrote: > Ok, I have a question that I would like to hear solutions for. Please > bear with me as I ramble a bit. > > I have a lot of old family photos. By old I mean 1880-1910 time frame. > Many I have no clue who they are. But there are a lot that I do know > who they are. Most are people that lived in Arkansas on the Louisiana > border. A few might be from Louisiana or Georgia. One example would be > my gggrandmother, the widow of a Civil War soldier who died a POW. She > is dressed in her widows black garb from chin to toes, and the date of > the picture is abt 1880, probably taken in Georgia. From there she went > to Arkansas. > > Now the problem is that I can't find anyone in the family that wants any > of them.....even the ones I know who they are. My kids don't want them, > my cousins don't want them, and there isn't anyone else family wise that > is still living. When I die, they will go into file 13 quickly. So my > question is this....does anyone have any ideas on what to do with the > pictures that will save them from the trash? > > Elaine Martin > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

* Museums * Genealogical Societies * Local Historians * Libraries * Colleges * The project website for the county (if it's not your own)- I have started collecting photos for my county that people rescue garage sales etc in case I run across someone researching. I post it on the site with all the information I know. * An extended relative on Ancestry.com - I have researched some photos to find extended relatives that might be interested. * Websites that archive historic photos. There's a big list at Cyndi's List: (http://www.cyndislist.com/photos/lost-and-found/) A funny one is: My Daguerreotype Boyfriend (http://mydaguerreotypeboyfriend.tumblr.com/) There is a general photo index on Cyndi's List here: (http://www.cyndislist.com/photos/) * Ebay or Etsy - last resort but people buy them if they have subjects that interest them. I have actually purchased some extended family photos on Etsy that someone had researched and placed on Ancestry.com with a link to the listing. There is an index for this on Cyndi's List under the general index as well. Listed under "Vendors" -----Original Message----- From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Elaine Martin Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 10:54 PM To: txgen Subject: [TXGEN] Photos Ok, I have a question that I would like to hear solutions for. Please bear with me as I ramble a bit. I have a lot of old family photos. By old I mean 1880-1910 time frame. Many I have no clue who they are. But there are a lot that I do know who they are. Most are people that lived in Arkansas on the Louisiana border. A few might be from Louisiana or Georgia. One example would be my gggrandmother, the widow of a Civil War soldier who died a POW. She is dressed in her widows black garb from chin to toes, and the date of the picture is abt 1880, probably taken in Georgia. From there she went to Arkansas. Now the problem is that I can't find anyone in the family that wants any of them.....even the ones I know who they are. My kids don't want them, my cousins don't want them, and there isn't anyone else family wise that is still living. When I die, they will go into file 13 quickly. So my question is this....does anyone have any ideas on what to do with the pictures that will save them from the trash? Elaine Martin ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There is a page on facebook called Traces of Texas. The man posts a lot of old photos, some submitted by others, some that he has located in archives. He might be able to help ensure that your photos don't just disappear. And for those who don't do FB, his posts are worth the price of admission by themselves. Cliff Fargason -----Original Message----- From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Elaine Martin Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 23:54 PM To: txgen Subject: [TXGEN] Photos Ok, I have a question that I would like to hear solutions for. Please bear with me as I ramble a bit. I have a lot of old family photos. By old I mean 1880-1910 time frame. Many I have no clue who they are. But there are a lot that I do know who they are. Most are people that lived in Arkansas on the Louisiana border. A few might be from Louisiana or Georgia. One example would be my gggrandmother, the widow of a Civil War soldier who died a POW. She is dressed in her widows black garb from chin to toes, and the date of the picture is abt 1880, probably taken in Georgia. From there she went to Arkansas. Now the problem is that I can't find anyone in the family that wants any of them.....even the ones I know who they are. My kids don't want them, my cousins don't want them, and there isn't anyone else family wise that is still living. When I die, they will go into file 13 quickly. So my question is this....does anyone have any ideas on what to do with the pictures that will save them from the trash? Elaine Martin ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Elaine, what a GREAT discussion you have going. It hopefully will be a good information source for me as what to do with LOTS of photos as I'm cleaning out inlaws place and no one that want these. But also, I have tons of movie film. I haven't even touched them yet. Thanks, Jane Keppler On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 10:54 PM, Elaine Martin <mcstumped@suddenlink.net>wrote: > Ok, I have a question that I would like to hear solutions for. Please > bear with me as I ramble a bit. > > I have a lot of old family photos. By old I mean 1880-1910 time frame. > Many I have no clue who they are. But there are a lot that I do know > who they are. Most are people that lived in Arkansas on the Louisiana > border. A few might be from Louisiana or Georgia. One example would be > my gggrandmother, the widow of a Civil War soldier who died a POW. She > is dressed in her widows black garb from chin to toes, and the date of > the picture is abt 1880, probably taken in Georgia. From there she went > to Arkansas. > > Now the problem is that I can't find anyone in the family that wants any > of them.....even the ones I know who they are. My kids don't want them, > my cousins don't want them, and there isn't anyone else family wise that > is still living. When I die, they will go into file 13 quickly. So my > question is this....does anyone have any ideas on what to do with the > pictures that will save them from the trash? > > Elaine Martin > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- With GOD our daughter HAS overcome Thyroid Cancer......

What a great discussion! I have a similar issue. I had someone send me a genealogy condicile a few years ago (If anyone wants a copy, please send me a private email. I am on vacation but will send it when I get home). I have personalized it and made sure it is with my will. While my kids are not really interested in genealogy, they know I will come back and haunt them if they throw away any of my genealogy research. They would not have a moment of peace! LOL -Carla