Full archive record may be found here.
Jack, Robert, Wallace
Photo Number: 63060
Atlanta, GA
Comments: These adorable boys are unknown, except for the caption JACK, ROBERT AND WALLACE on the back of the photo. Believe the photo may have come from a family in the Atlanta area.

Full archive record may be found here.
Photo Number: 53703
MN  United States

Full archive record may be found here.
Photo Number: 63800
Comments: No idea about the name, address - all I know is that this is a relative of mine, at least, she was, my granny (deceased) told me so, and this lady looks a lot like granny’s elder sister (and I was told that I have the ladies lips). I would love to find perhaps living relatives in the USA, that would make my day.

Full archive record may be found here.
Photo Number: 63879
Comments: This photo was found in the belongings of Amanda Roush Dunn. I am guessing the photo to be approximately 1860.

Talk about your bad hair days!

Full record here: http://www.deadfred.com/surnamePersR_05.php?ID=92509

In the past, conservators used poisons like cyanide and arsenic (!) to kill insects and other pests. Even though they didn’t always work. Eeeek. After apologizing for preaching to the converted, a conservator on a professional email list had this to say:

More than one of the chemicals that were considered safe early in my career have been discredited because many existing “approved” fumigation facilities were, in fact, unsafe, because the chemicals affected the chemistry of objects over time, or because there is continued off gassing from the treated object.

What seems like a good idea today may cause real harm in the long run.

This is precisely why I never recommend chemical solvents to clean prints or film. Even though professional photographers do this regularly. My argument is this: It might look better today, but what will happen 10, 50, 100 years from now? Better safe than sorry.

This is also why I urge you to wear cotton gloves when handling photographs. That fingerprint might not look so bad today, but it could start eating into the emulsion one day down the road.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sally Jacobs, The Practical Archivist, has a Master’s in Library Science with a Specialization in Archives Management and has worked at the Library of Congress Prints & Photos Division, the Wisconsin Historical Society, and American Girl. She is currently on a mission to help family historians become better family archivists. The Practical Archivist blog: Archiving tips and geeky tidbits written by an archivist who never met an antique photograph she didn’t like.
http://www.practicalarchivist.com

For all you dedicated archive supporters, DeadFred has created a special members area just for you. All the features currently available on DeadFred.com are and will always be FREE. However, for the discriminating family archivist DeadFred.com will be offering a special “Friends of Fred” members only area. For an annual membership of $19.95, you’ll get access to the following EXTRA features:

• Special photo posting area: Upload up to 10 photos at once
• Change or delete records and photos without having to contact the DeadFred.com staff
• Update general items for an entire photo (several records) at once - your changes are automatically approved
• Update your email address
• Access and search all past newsletters
• View all “Possible Reunion” correspondence sent to you through DeadFred.com
• Customize your area by picking your own color scheme and display photo

And…not only do you get all these fantastic EXTRA features, but you’re helping promote an archive that has UNLIMITED free searches for all users and has helped well over 1,380 people find lost photos of their ancestors - and you could be next!

Become a “Friend of Fred” today!

Click on surnames to view full record (if surnames are not linked, click on “Surnames added in the past 30 days” title above).

Ackles
Adams
Aldrige
Alexander
Alks
Alspach
Anstaett
Arnold
Arnsperger
Asher
Austin
Averill
Baier
Bainbridge
Baldwin
Barley
Baum
Baylies
Bengtsson
Berger
Blackwood
Blake
Bleyle
Bowen
Bowers
Boyce
Brace
Branson
Broach
Brown
Bugbee
Bundy
Burke
Burns
Burton
Buxton
Calhoun
Calkin
Callahan
Campbell
Carl
Carlson
Carr
Carrier
Case
Casey
Cassel
Chamberlin
Christmas
Claque
Clark
Clough
Coburn
Codman
Conant
Cook
Covey
Cox
Creed
Cross
Crouch
Crowe
Dahlin
Daily
Dale
Dawes
Day
Dean
Dellamano
Deshon
Dicks
Dinsmore
Douglas
Downs
Drumheller
Dubois
Duff
Duncan
Dunham
Dunn
Dvorak
Dye
Eager
Ehlers
Eichelberger
Ekberg
Ellis
Elwood
Esser
Feld
Fenner
Fessenden
Fife
Fisher
Fortenberry
Fox
Frankovick
Frohlice
Frohock
Fuller
Gaddy
Gale
Gallow
Gammie
Ganser
Gashwiler
Geraghty
Gibbs
Gibson
Glogan
Gordon
Graham
Grammer
Grange
Graper
Guenther
Gulick
Hale
Hall
Hamilton
Hammerbeck
Hammond
Hanson
Harden
Hardy
Harless
Harris
Hartman
Haub
Hause
Hawley
Hays
Hepworth
Hershiser
Hilbrands
Hill
Hindle
Hinds
Hoftiezer
Holmes
Hoover
Hopson
Horsky
Howell
Huntington
Hursey
Huss
Ihle
Ingram
Innes
Jackson
Jennings
Johnson
Johnston
Kehret
Keiser
Keller
Kellogg
Kelly
Kelton
Kennedy
Kenton
Kenzel
Kidder
Klimek
Kliphouse
Knight
Lackey
Larmore
Laughman
Leach
Lechner
Lefler
Leighton
Lenore
Lewis
Lindquist
Linstad
Little
Long
Lounsbury
Lowther
Lund
Mahedy
Mangum
Mayham
Mcelhinney
Mcfaddin
Mcgowan
Mclaughlin
Mcmaster
Mcvey
Melton
Michurin
Miller
Milne
Mitchell
Moles
Moore
Moores
Morris
Mort
Moss
Mounts
Muire
Nelson
Newman
Nichols
Nienke
Noa
Noble
Otis
Page
Palone
Parajanda
Parry
Pegorare
Pendelton
Peters
Phillips
Ping
Plimell
Poll
Pollack
Pollak
Pollmann
Pontsler
Poole
Priest
Proctor
Purrington
Putman
Radziejewski
Reynolds
Rhoades
Richardson
Richey
Richman
Ritenour
Robeson
Robinson
Rodgers
Rohge
Rood
Russ
Russell
Salm
Samson
Sanborn
Sawtelle
Schmidt
Semple
Shaefer
Shalander
Shannon
Shaw
Sheares
Shick
Shook
Silverthorne
Simmons
Slater
Sloven
Smathers
Smith
Spargur
Staker
Sterns
Stiles
Stillson
Stoops
Stout
Stroad
Strock
Strong
Sumner
Swalley
Sylvia
Talbot
Terwilleger
Thomas
Thompson
Tomlinson
Tompkinson
Truesdale
Tufts
Tyler
Van Nordeck
Vaughn
Vosberg
Wagner
Walker
Weaver
Wells
West
Westley
White
Whitehouse
Whittenburg
Whittonburg
Wicker
Wickstrom
Wilber
Wilke
Williams
Wilson
Winn
Witter
Womer
Wooley
Worthington
Wren
Wright
Wyatt
Wycoff
Young
Zentgraf

I have come to the conclusion that there are only three types of people in this world. Those that know arithmetic and those that don’t know Arithmetic.  Here’s a link that could help someone like me improve on my already excellent math skills:

http://www.mathmovesu.com/

http://deadfred.com/surnamePersR_05.php?ID=92642

Submitter Writes

Back of picture is labeled “Henry Wicker and Bertha & Bertha and Dave” I have no idea where I got this picture but will gladly mail it to a proven descendant.

http://www.deadfred.com/surnamePersR_05.php?ID=55605

Finder Writes

This is my Grandma Downer’s family. The Linfoots’ still have a family reunion in Oklahoma. I would love to get this to my mothers cousins

Submitter Writes

Written on the back: “This is a picture of our family & Alta taken at the Water Works Reservoir”. The post card is addressed to W. W. Linfoot in Norwalk, OH. Found this photo in an antique store. Would like to return it to the Linfoot family.

On occasion I run into websites or online gadgets that spark my fancy. Some of these  aren’t genealogy related but hey this is my blog I figured I can break my own rules a bit and live outside the lines . 

Here’s one gadget I like  hand_clock.php  

The benefit of this gadget (besides knowing what the date and time  is in pencil ) is its “Time wasting” capability .  I looked at it for 5 minutes once and became totally zoned. Its a mesmerizing gadget. Well worth wasting your time with … at least for several minutes , or hours or days ,,   

http://www.deadfred.com/surnamePersR_05.php?ID=78298

Finder Writes

This my Father when he was 20 or 21 yrs old.I I looked very much like him when I was Twenty

Submitter Writes

Joseph McMurtrey with Rillia Pratt about 1905