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I'm new to the site - please help

I have a few family pictures that I was able to scan after the passing of my Mother. However, she was the last living member of her family that would know anyone in the photos. They are not labeled and I would like to ask if anyone recognizes anyone in the photos.

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                                               13559129692?profile=original                                                           Enhanced photo of James Clark, Mary Cashman, Julia Cashman and Tom Keneavy

                                                                                                                       (1895)

                                               

 I couldn’t believe I overlooked a useful tool that was right at my fingertips. E.A.B.

 

Several years a

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 I was concerned about creating a Pinterest “bulletin board” for an ancestor, and then pinning a census image from Ancestry to that board. Although clicking on that image links back to Ancestry, and although I had cited the image source as Ancestry.com I wasn’t sure if I was violating some sort of term of agreement with Ancestry. I had seen bloggers post an image to a blog, but was this the same at Pinterest?

 

Then last month Pinterest introduced new code for websites and blogs that want to block

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To celebrate Family History Month we are announcing our next three webinars:

  • Blogging for Beginners with DearMYRTLE on Wednesday, October 20, 2010
  • New Family History Technology with Paul Larsen on Wednesday, October 27, 2010
  • Organize, Share, and Publish Your Digital Photos with Heritage Collector Suite with Marlo Schuldt on Wednesday, November 3

Join one or join all three! Registration for every webinar is free and open to anyone. Register at www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/webinars.asp.

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Old Family Photos in Genealogy

I don't have a blog, rather I operate AncientFaces. I began the website back in 2000 and now it has over 50,000 family photos that were submitted by the genealogy community. I urge everyone to check for photos of their ancestors and to share their own. AncientFaces is 100% free and advertisement supported - so there is never a cost involved!

 

AncientFaces - Family History & Genealogy Photos

 

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ORPHAN PHOTOS

Memorable Family Treasures

One of the nicest gifts that our families can leave us is pictures of themselves, places they have been and other family members, such as group photos. Sometimes all three are in one photograph.

How many pictures do you possess that do not have a name, date or a place written on the back of the photo? If your family is like my family, you probably have quite a few. I inherited a boxful of such pictures. Some of the faces are familiar, some I recognize but don’t know the
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