Helping Others Reclaim Family Memories

I don’t have any pictures of my grandfather from when he was a kid. I have lots of pictures of him from his adulthood, but because he was an orphan in foster care I don’t have any childhood photos of him. I've tried - I've contacted schools he attended in Kentucky, but he wasn't in any of the yearbooks. The foster parents he lived with have no direct descendants that I can reach out to. It's bothered me for awhile, but I hold out hope that someday I'll find a childhood picture of him.

I offered to lend a hand to one of my coworkers who was curious about a part of his family tree that he knows almost nothing about. After some digging on newspapers.com, I came across a photo of one of his relatives, then I hit up FamilySearch and stumbled upon a whole stash of pictures. 


Being able to help someone else complete their family album makes my librarian heart happy. 

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