Hi Cheryl.... Your post brought to mind my dilemma... I have come into possession of many family photos and am now going on a campaign to have people put info on the back. Like you I am trying to find some people (Poeckes) out in IA that were on some pictures I got... I am sure if the family kept them there might be some connection... I have one of the Capitol that was taken in the 20's from the looks of the cars in the parking lot... I am looking for a families named MEYER, HAAS,RIBIERE, MOROO, MOREAU. Also looking for information on the Ruppert Home which was on, I think Naylor or Good Hope Road. Hope you get some info from your post Pat

All the postings regarding photos reminded me of something that just happened to me and to some of my cousins... After visiting a line of cousins that no one had made contact with in over 50 years, they were nice enough to share many of their old family photos with us. Unfortunately, some had nothing more than "my aunt & great-aunt" written on the back. No dates, no locations, nothing else. (We were fairly certain that these were all DC-related.) Once we sat down with the family tree print-out, and knowing who the original owner of the photo was, we could then generally pick out from the tree the most likely names of people in the photos. It also helps to compare the unknown photos to other photos with names--often they will have been taken at the same time, and perhaps one will have some names that can then be matched to the unlabeled photos. The clothing will also give some clue as to the year, which will help in identifying "John"--was he a child, a young person, an adult, or elderly at the time of the photo...Check the family tree for the various people named "John" and their ages at the approximate time the photo was taken. Just as we all looked different in 1960, 1980, and 2000, so too did people in 1860, 1880, and 1900. After looking at a few photos that have dates in various books or magazines, it gets to be very easy to tell the difference between 1870 clothing and 1905 clothing, for example. It's not perfect, but it helps! Frank Dunnigan ----- Original Message ----- From: "p.adams" <padams@gcnetmail.net> To: <WashingtonDC-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 6:28 AM Subject: Re: [WashingtonDC'' ] OLD PHOTOS > Hi Cheryl.... Your post brought to mind my dilemma... I have come into > possession of many family photos and am now going on a campaign to > have people put info on the back. Like you I am trying to find some > people (Poeckes) out in IA that were on some pictures I got... I am > sure if the family kept them there might be some connection... > > I have one of the Capitol that was taken in the 20's from the looks of > the cars in the parking lot... I am looking for a families named > MEYER, HAAS,RIBIERE, MOROO, MOREAU. Also looking for information on > the Ruppert Home which was on, I think Naylor or Good Hope Road. > > > Hope you get some info from your post > > Pat > > > > ============================== > 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 >