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AncientFaces Success Stories

Many members of the AncientFaces community have had continued luck connecting with family & friends as well as discovering new information (such as photos and stories) that they did not know existed. Below are just a sample of these AncientFaces Success Stories. Click Here to add your AncientFaces Success Story.

August 26, 2005

As a co-founder of AncientFaces, the AncientFaces community has been personally important to me in many ways. I have always hoped that AncientFaces would not only help others connect with their family but would also benefit my family. Over the last five years this has happened: I have found new family as well as connecting with family members who I knew existed but with whom I have had very little contact. AncientFaces.com has truly become every family's venue to communicate across time and space through the sharing of information.

November 09, 2004

We have found our missing relative entirely thanks to Ancient Faces

We have found our missing relative entirely thanks to Ancient Faces. We have received a much clearer photo of Captain Grant from his Son. The picture we put in the website is an old yellowed newspaper photo. I am attaching the new photo and ask that you take the old one out and put the new clear picture in its place. With our Canadian Remembrance Day here in 2 days - the timing could not be better. Thank You, Ancient Faces. My long lost Aunt is now 86 years old and her Son and I are talking by phone and e-mails. Captain Grant was his Father and died in France in 1944 and is buried there.

By posting pictures of the visit to his gravesite - we connected through one of his brothers. Amazing that our prayers have been answered.
Thank you

April 02, 2004

It's been a long time....3 years, in fact… I have to tell you a VERY special story about how Ancient Faces helped to reunite our family.

For 13 years, I have been searching for my grandmother's missing sister. She just disappeared from the family in the 1930s without a trace. No one ever knew where or when she died or where she was buried. My years of searching have just run into dead ends, so I had given up.

Today, out-of-the-blue, a young lady called me and said that she had seen a photograph on Ancient Faces and one of the women in the photo was her grandmother! Little did I know that she had left a small child behind when she died so young of TB.

You can imagine our shock and excitement at finding each other and a whole new family that we never knew existed. We only live one state away from each other and very soon plan to have all family members meet to share our sides of "the story" and of course, many, many more pictures!

Ancient Faces...... without you, this family may never have been complete and Aunt Grace would have been lost to us forever.

I hope you realize what a valuable service you provide and how grateful we are to have found you.
Thank you!!!!

I have previously submitted several pictures of my grandfather August Zemidat. I have tried for many years to find anyone with that name, and I have searched many genealogy web sites to no avail. Recently I was contacted by someone who saw my pictures on AncientFaces who may well be a cousin. She also provided me with information that seems to indicate her grandparents were my grandfather's siblings. Considering the many years I have been searching for the name Zemidat, I find this is absolutely amazing that I have finally found a family member. Thank you AncientFaces

What a wonderful site! A piece of Americana - absolutely fascinating. Thank you for sharing. One picture is worth a thousand words!

I recently bought and had sent as a gift, one of your trains. It was beautiful. The gift went to a guy who never thanked me for it. I do thank you, though!

Just wanted to let you know I found your site today while surfing. I love this! Much easier to submit than [copycat websites]. I have many mystery photos I would like to share. Hopefully, they belong to some family out there.
Thanks!

Thank you so kindly for this web site .I really enjoy it. It is great - Thanks so much. I love it .

I love your site, a while back I saw a site that you had labeled Garcia surname pictures. At the time I didn't have all my family facts for my research. Anyway, I wandered into your site just to check it out AND NOW 1 YEAR LATER I received a picture from an 87 year old aunt and guess what you had this very same picture on your site!! (They were my great aunts and my great-grandmother!).
Thank you…

What a nice place for a family news/history you all have made possible. Presently I am on two family places at Yahoo for free, but I have suggested to our family that we switch to Ancient Faces. Looks so much more classical and no stupid ads. For so little $ a year that is very nice. Hope to be signing up for a place soon. Thank you.

Hi, Its been about a zillion years since I've visited AncientFaces, its change a lot! The changes have been all for the "good", in fact, it's really wonderful, you're doing a great job!

Thanks for enlightening and enlivening my family.

I love this site. Just wish I could get more of my photos uploaded onto it.

I purchased an item that was exactly as advertised and it arrived one day after payment was made. Excellent Service!! Thank you AncientFaces & Susie at Trojan Horse Antiques.

Congratulations on 30,000 photos nice job. I remember when it was only in the early thousands and the 10,000 was a big mark. Keep up the good work!

Hello, I have followed this website since it first started. I have always had you in my favorite places and have enjoyed going through the family photos. I wanted to know if you all are affiliated with Ancestry.com I have a family site with Myfamily.com who is through Ancestry.com, but I have recently become un-satisfied with them. I have been looking for a new home for a family site, and like the idea of yours. If you are not a part of Ancestry.com I would love to join your online family. Thanks for this site. I have always enjoyed it.
Sincerely,

I think that your site is really really awesome. I enjoyed it. I think your site is great, I really like it .

Due to AncientFaces my [previous] mystery photo I now believe to be Jemima Paulhamus Covert taken around 1800. Please update photo 14775 for me

This site is awesome!! Thank You!! I love old pictures. I love trying to help other people find their families. I soon will have photos posted!! I could spend all night here!!

Wonderful site! I can't wait to get back from vacation and load some of my family's info on your site. Thanks!

Thank you for creating this site. I got it quite by accident, but have been looking at it for about 3 hours now. I am neglecting my email, it is really late and I am about to fall asleep, but just could not seem to stop looking. I love this type of site. Maybe I will find something this time. Thanks again..

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