How many people have joined the site ancientfaces.com? Initially, I thought this was such a great idea. You've got a library of old family photos at your fingertips. The only issue is that it's not my family. I can only offer this suggestion, it does not really add value to one's family tree to have a photo library online when the photo is not directly connected to the actual tree.
Personally, I uploaded one photo to this site as an experiment. Mary Catherine Flanagan's headstone photo at Tulocay Cemetery was that photo. I can look at my own uploads and find it but when I search the site, there are just too many photos to sort through to find it in a regular search. I am glad that I did not add other photos.
A search for other family surnames just does not produce any "finds". What I mean by "finds" is that I was hoping to maybe find someone of my family line. Because the photos are not very well identified by location, dates, and the person's full name, it is like finding a needle in a haystack. I also think the needle is probably not in the stack I'm searching in.
In my opinion, it's time to move on. I like old photos but love my own family's old photos. I'm not likely to post them on that site any time soon.
I haven't joined and consider it unlikely that I will any time soon. I don't have many pics and will post them to my blog, where those searching can easily find them. Thanks for the interesting review :)
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