Ancestry Saturday: Yearbook Photos

My Uncle Jimmy is top row, left in this 1968 Jackson High School photo of the Spanish Club.  His 1968 and 1971 yearbooks give a glimpse back to the last century.  Reembolosos estan infierno, Jim?

This tool is proving interesting and producing a range of interesting finds.

I discovered my brother's mother-in-law was Prom Queen in Brilliant, Ohio in 1966.

My brother himself didn't escape the time machine effect that Ancestry.com has brought to still-living generations.  His Class of 1986 yearbook was one of only two from our high school to get scanned and indexed.  Too bad for him.

There's no telling how far Ancestry will go back.  My grandfather's Class of 1935 photo from UCLA is right there too.  His classmate, Lloyd Bridges, had 10 references in that year's yearbook.

The photos and yearbooks help to confirm not only what a person looked like back then, but they also help verify residence, high school graduation, narrow down age, and serve up countless other historical tidbits to perfect that family history.

For now, I think there's probably trouble to pay for posting these photos of my family.  Some day, though, future generations will appreciate having so many look backs available and so easily had too.