OLD PHOTOGRAPHS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS UNKNOWN FACES

 ABOUT OPOAA

African American families members who know a great deal about their family Genealogy, are true Family Historians. There is Information to collect, People to talk to, Documents to order, and many Avenues to take.

OPOAA's Avenue:

Is an attempt to share those Unknown Family Photographs with others, as well as submitters photographs, in hopes to identify or reunite the photographs with family members that are featured on OPOAA sites.

Photographs submitted that may have come from an old Photo Album, or have been found in Attic Boxes, under Coffee Tables, or in a Family Trunk. 

~What ever the source~

We all have them, photographs with the faces that no one can recognize.

After the dusting off of the Old Photographs for a showing it usually goes something like this.......
WHO'S THIS?........I DON'T KNOW.

Soooooo, we're all accused of not putting the names and dates on the backs of our photographs, making it impossible to know who the subjects were, and when and where the photographs were taken, for future references.

OPOAA's Goal:

Make aware that sharing and talking about the history of those Old Family Photographs with our children and family members are important, so they may pass them on to their next Generations, and Family Historians.

All Photographs welcomed.
Regardless of Nationality.
Some of our Ancestors may have been
of another race.

 I Starting research on my Family Tree in early 1999, and one of the things that inspired me, was all of the Old Photographs. Many of the photographs I obtained was from relatives and friends. Some of the people I knew, and most I didn't. Since my journey into family history and old photographs, I've discovered that I have many more relatives than I ever thought possible! And even more photographs to Identify.

The old photographs I obtain from family members; R. Henderson and D. Howard, inspired me to launch our FIRST site, Old Photographs of African Americans (Opoaa), in April of 2002, and updated to Old Photographs of African Americans-Unknown Faces in June of 2002.

We will continue to provide these old photographs for your research, when posted by our visitors.
 Our contribution to the African American Researcher. 

Let's All Help with this Quest!

"When the Roots get Deeper,
The Branches get Stronger and,
The Leaves keep Growing"
(Camilla Warren)

"We Must Keep Hold of Our History"-CWarren
"History should be Shared and Taught, not Bought"-CWarren

Contact Us :

opoaa02@yahoo.com

OPOAA : OPOAA will contact the Submiiters for anyone interested in any of the Photographs seen on OPOAA