Some of these pictures have been shared on social media, such as Facebook, but not all. I'm trying to include a good picture from my relatives younger days - either a graduation picture or a wedding photo. I'm also adding high school graduation photos for as many relatives as I can locate. Some I already had in my files, others I've sought out online through either MyHeritage or Ancestry's yearbook collections. Many others have been found through local high school yearbook collections as they come online.
For those ancestors that didn't graduate high school, I have substituted either a military photo or some other early life photo. I'm finding that for a few of my direct relatives, I am missing photos, so will have to reach out to other family members to see if I can locate one.
Right now I'm going to focus on adding at minimum a portrait (graduation, wedding or military) and a tombstone photo for my direct line ancestors. As I complete them, will work on adding the ones for the descendant lines to complete the tree.
Hopefully, as I work my way back in the family tree, adding this pictures will trigger some cousin bait as others find the photos I've uploaded as hints in to use in their Ancestry tree.
I've also began adding Web Links to the profile pages of my direct line ancestors that link back to my blog posts here - such as the 52 Ancestors series - hoping that others will find them useful. I do not know if Web Links show up as hints for others, but if not, at least they can be found through the ancestor profile page. Adding the Web Links to the Facebook Groups I've created for common ancestors as well.
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