Lost Faces: Family Photo Albums

Lost Faces is my way of saving these genealogy treasures and preserving historical documents. I have albums that contain funeral cards, memorial cards, obituaries, Christmas cards, and hand-written genealogies. My goal is to eventually place all these albums online for all to see

I am pleased to offer individual quality photographic reproductions for sale. You can purchase a photographic reproduction of any photos from my antique photo albums by viewing the thumbnails provided. There are more than 50 photo albums online for you to look through with thumbnails of most of the old photos found in them. That means approximately 2000 or more photos of possible ancestors. As each album is scanned and the individual photos placed online, you will be able to save photos to your computer for your own personal use. In the meantime you can view thumbnails and order quality reproductions if you find an ancestor photograph. This project will take years for me to complete on my own.

Some of my photo albums are now online in their entirety for you to view and save photos for your own personal use. The Timmerman Family Photo Album is one of those. It has slots for 64 Cabinet Cards and one tintype. 2 Cabinet Cards are missing, for a total of 63 ancestor family photos in this album. I estimate most of the cabinet cards in this album are from the period 1890 - 1910. Surnames are Timmerman (Timmermann), Rahn, Strobel, Fichtner, Freienschner, Bullerman

Also see the complete Civil War Era photo album for the Fisk (Fiske) Family, the Webster Family and the Fowler Merchant Family. The Fisk Family Photo Album was in rough shape and held only 13 Cartes de Visite and Cabinet Cards, but all were identified by name. The Webster Family Photo Album has 30 identified Cartes de Visite (including a few Cabinet Cards), while the Fowler Merchant Family Album is Civil War Era Family Album with 22 CDVs identified by name. T

You can identify ancestor photos by understanding the Types of Early Photographs and during what time period each was used. Do you need help to date a treasured photo found in the attic? Do you want to learn how to Date Old Photographs through Clothing & Hairstyle? There's another trick too - How Revenue Stamps Can Date Ancestor Photos

List of Family Photo Albums