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Old Photographs of African Americans

Unknown Old African American Photographs to be identified by researchers and family historians. You can post your unknown photographs here.

Old Photographs of African Americans - Unknown Faces (OPOAA)

Unknown old African American photographs to be identified by researchers and family historians. You can post your unknown photographs here.

Old Photos Found

Working to reunite old photographs with the families they belong to.

Personalia

Personalia deal in mainly British historical manuscripts, named photographs, portrait miniatures, medals and mementos of the 17th to 19th centuries. The business is specifically oriented towards historians and genealogists, and museums and archives.

Photos Rescue!

A book to help date old photographs, and a project to reunite photos and families, mostly Australian, some British.

Renee's Photo Orphanage

Unidentified photos listed by possible family connections and geographic areas.
[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

Rescued Relatives

A website dedicated to reuniting old identified family photos with present day family members through research.

Savethephotos

Collection of old photos, albums, letters and epherma. Telling history and reuniting with families.

Slices Of Time

A site dedicated to the reunion of lost photographs (mostly from late 1800's) with their families. Photographs are purchased from antique shops around the U.S.

Snapshot Reunion

A free vintage and antique photo database, searchable by surname. At least one new surname added every day. Mostly United States photos.

Some unknown Swedes in old Leadville

These old photos are some that I have from Leadville Colorado are from the late 1890s and early 1900s. If you happen to recognize any of the persons with name or places or other stories about them, please contact me on e-mail by clicking this link.

The Forgotten Photographs Project

FREE photographic database containing hundreds of lost and forgotten photographs from around the country that are identified with first and last names.

The Genealogy Photo Exchange

A UK site designed as a home for all those unidentified photos, we've all got hidden at the back of the album in the hope someone can put a name to that mystery face. Are your ancestors on here? Take a look.

The Kin Bin

Search in The Kin Bin's found, lost, identified heirlooms, memorabilia & photos. Reuniting lost genealogy photos and memorabilia with family or descendants.

The Nameless Bunch - A Shrubs to Trees Companion Group (Facebook)

A repository of unnamed photos. Companion group of From Shrubs to Trees.

The Past on Paper - Family Bibles, Antique Photographs and Documents

A website linking genealogists to antique dealers and private collectors. Hundreds of family Bibles, named photos, wills, letters and diaries. Register and upload your GEDCOM to be automatically informed as items relating to your family are added. Located in the United Kingdom.

The Tri-City Genealogical Society - Photographs in the TCGS Lost and Found -- Identify and Claim

Photographs found by TCGS members. Identify and claim. From the Tri-Cities, Washington, comprising Kennewick, Pasco, Richland and the surrounding communities of West Richland, Benton City, Prosser, Othello, Connell and Hermiston, Oregon.

Tim's Genealogical Milk Carton

Collection of old, unidentified photographs from Frederick County, Maryland and surrounding areas. Please check them out and help identify some of these people.

Unclaimed Ancestors

A website looking to connect old lost photos, usually within the US, with families who might be searching for them. Pictures, and sometimes other media, are uploaded with a brief description of who they are and where they are from (after a little research of course). Also a host to the 1922-23 Ohio diary of Wealth Harp full of names and descriptions that other Ohio enthusiasts might find useful.

Unknown Photos-Forgotten Faces (Facebook)