Ancestors

Please enjoy some of my ancestors.

Have you wondered why so many old photographs end up for sale in antique stores?  They are everywhere.  How did so many of them get away from the family?   Hopefully, most of them came from a photographer's own stash of copies of his work and were not tossed away by unappreciative descendants.  Many of them are tattered and have handwriting on the back with names and dates so that is not the case with all of them.

These are just a few of old photos I have.  I have some originals, and some are copies of what other family members have.  If the originals get away, I have them all scanned, high quality, backed up, electronic copy in bank safe deposit box - the works.

For those who are lucky enough to have these precious photos, please make the time to protect them (and your newer photos) from the worst.  One fire, tornado, flood, crashed hard drive can take them from us in a split second.  Get a scanner, learn how to use it, back up your hard drive, or pay someone to do it for you.  Whatever effort you go to to retain these old photographs will be worth it.