Recent Ancestors' Photographs I Don't Have - SNGF

This week's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun, suggested by Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings, is this:

Recent Ancestor Photographs

1)  Do you have photos of all of your ancestors back to the 1850 time frame?  Which recent ancestors do you not have a photograph of? 

2)  Review your files, and list the ancestors for whom you want and/or need to find a photograph.  Also list where they resided and where they died.  Where would you look to find a photograph of them?

3)  Share your answers on your own blog post (and leave a comment here with a link), or on Facebook or other social media.

These are the photos I have:

• Lee and Audrey (Meinzen) Doyle, my parents
• Gust and Beulah Mae (Gerner) Doyle, my paternal grandparents
• W. C. Robert and Emma Virginia (Bickerstaff) Meinzen, my maternal grandparents
• William and Tressa Rose (Froman) Doyle, paternal great-grandparents
• Fredrick and Elvira (Bartley) Gerner, paternal great-grandparents
• Henry Carl and Elizabeth (Armitage) Meinzen, maternal great-grandparents
• Edward Jesse and Mary (Thompson) Bickerstaff, maternal great-grandparents
• Andrew and Elizabeth Jane (Laws) Doyle, paternal 2rd great-grandparents (from a small group photo)
• Dixon Bartley, paternal 2nd great-grandfather

I don't have photos of these 2nd great-grandparents:

• John Froman, ~1841-~1871, died Mercer County, Pennsylvania
• Catherine (Saylor) Froman, 1844-1928, died Mercer County, Pennsylvania 

• Christian Gerner, ~1820-1899, Butler County, Pennsylvania
• Mary/Elizbeth (Stahl) Gerner, ~1824-after 1880, of Butler County, Pennsylvania

• Rebecca (Smith) Bartley, 1820-1899, Butler County, Pennsylvania

• Carl Meinzen, no known dates, born Germany

• Abel Armitage, 1821- after 1880, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio
• Eliza (Hartley) Armitage, ~1813 - btw. 1852-1858, West Riding Yorkshire, England

• Ellis H. Bickerstaff, 1840-1907, Steubenville, Ohio, and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
• Emma V. (Nelson) Bickerstaff, ~1845-1878, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio

• John Thomas Thompson, ~1850-1923, Jefferson County, Ohio
• Lydia (Bell) Thompson, 1851-1930, Jefferson County, Ohio, and Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia

I don't have photos of these known 3rd great-grandparents who died after about 1850:

• Robert Laws, 1810-1881, Northumberland County, England
• Elizabeth (Thompson) Laws, 1817-1886, Northumberland County, England

• Jacob Saylor, ~1812-1870, Mercer County, Pennsylvania

• William Bickerstaff, 1807-1893, Jefferson County, Ohio
• Susan/Susannah (Holmes) Bickerstaff, 1830-1894, Jefferson County, Ohio

• Robert Nelson, 1800-1875, Montgomery County, Illinois
• Catherine (Watson) Nelson, 1806-1876, Montgomery County, Illinois

• Jacob Thompson, 1820- after 1870, probably Jefferson County, Ohio
• Mary (Richardson) Thompson, 1822- after 1880, probably Jefferson County, Ohio

• Jacob Bell, 1824-1915, Jefferson County, Ohio
• Lydia (Fithen) Bell, ~1826- after 1880, probably died Jefferson County, Ohio

Places to look for photographs (in no particular order):
> Find-a-Grave.  I've seen photos there before but not many earlier photographs.
> Family Old Photos.  Owner submitted photos; most require permission to copy and use
> Dead Fred.
> Mutual descendants (if they can be found)
> Google image search (or general search:  not everyone identifies photos with alt text)
> FamilySearch Family Tree (click Memory tab, then choose Gallery)
> local, county, and state genealogical societies where ancestors lived
> image collections at local libraries (such as vertical files)
> compiled family histories submitted by other genealogists to family history libraries
> newspaper searches (beginning about 1900) if ancestor was well-known in the community, or famous/infamous for some activity/action

Now I have even more searching to do for the 23 direct-line ancestors who could have been photographed during their lifetimes.  Thanks for the fun, Randy. 

--Nancy.

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