1870's CDV Carte de Visite Photograph of 4 Stearns Children,
Coldwater Michigan MI. C.T. Cornwell, Photographer.
Search for this lost Stearns family photo at Ancestorville.

Blog & Discussion
Ancestorville Message Board Come yak on lost family antique items, early photographs, the Victorian era, genealogy surnames and other family history topics.

Ephemera, Exploring the world of Old Paper Marty Weil's
nice antique paper blog, check it out.

Antique & ephemera Sites
Vintage Poster Works Original antique posters...also owned by Debra Clifford of Ancestorville.

The Ephemera Society of America encourages the preservation and study of antique paper ephemera. Serves as a link among collectors, dealers, and scholars.

Old Quilt Company Original Antique Quilts for sale.

Cyndi's List
Cyndi's Genealogy Links World famous for over 260,000+ genealogy Links! wow.

Helpful Genealogy Sites:
US GenWeb Project Volunteers working together to provide a non commercial website for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States.

Geographic NameServer Enter a city or place name and receive the county & state name as well as other geographic information.

Ellis Island Foundation Search for your ancestor arrivals into America.

AncestralFindings.com - Free Genealogy Lookups

Family Sites
Purcell Family of America Devoted to Purcell families including various spellings such as Pursell, Persell, Percell, Porcell, Porsell, Pursil, Pursley, etc.

Shepardson Family of Royalston, Massachusetts

Old Fonts
oldfonts.com Beautiful Authentic 18th & 19th C. handwritten penmanship fonts from old diaries & ephemera-We love Emily Austin, she's a permanent resident at Ancestorville!

Research Sites
Political Graveyard A Web page which shows where over 30,000 politicians, diplomats and judges are buried.

OneLibrary.com by Rick Crume. Resources for using libraries and the Internet to research your family history.

Steve Condarcure's New England Genealogy 722,006 Individuals, 221,521 Families, 7,700 Surnames!

African American Genealogy
African American Family Histories at the Library of Congress

AfriGeneas African Ancestored Genealogy

Grave Matters South Carolina article on the preservation of African-American Cemeteries

African American Cemeteries Online clues for further research for the African American genealogist.

Graveyards & Cemeteries
Save Our Cemeteries, Inc. A nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, protecting and promoting the historic cemeteries of New Orleans.

Saving Graves Supports and encourages the protection, restoration, & preservation of endangered American cemeteries.

Internment.net A free online library of burial records from thousands of cemeteries across the world, for historical and genealogy research.

Genealogy Magazines
Family Chronicle Magazine Published six times a year, with a focus on do-it-yourself genealogy research.

Everton's Genealogical Helper The latest in research technology and databases.

Family Tree Magazine Discover, preserve & celebrate your family history.

Ancestorville town meeting:
Ancestorville Blog Come join in the discussion.

Ancestorville Research Articles:
Advertising Trade Cards Early advertising, lithography, & family run businesses.

Ambrotype Photographs 1850-60's "ambros" early glass negative photos.

Ancestral Migration Genealogy & ephemera on the move!

Cabinet Card Photographs Antique Cabinet Cards, Cab cards, cabinet card photos.

CDV Carte de Visite Photographs Civil War era small CDV's or Calling Card Photos.

Ephemera Page 1: What we sell at Ancestorville
Ancestorville antique paper & vintage ephemera explained.

Ephemera Page 2: What we sell at Ancestorville
Ancestorville antiques paper & ephemera explained.

Real Photo Postcards An article by Marty Weil on RPPC's.

Rewards of Merit Cards Early 1840-90's school and teacher incentive Reward cards, usually hand tinted or litho.

Snapshot Photographs An article by Marty Weil on Vernacular photography.

Stereoview Photographs 1860-1900 stereoscopic stereo view photos

Tintype Photographs Early Tin Type, "ferrotype" or "melainotype" photos on iron 1850-1930's

Victorian Calling Cards 1850-1890's calling cards with identified family names

Music
The Lonesome Sisters Early southern Appalachian music and originals, some of it historical, check it out..!

Web Stuff
Quikstore This site is powered by quikstore, tell 'em we sent you.

Lost Family Photos & Lost Family Photographs 2 librarys of our ancestor material.

Directory 2.0

Digital Photos & Related
Photo Pos Pro Photo Editor Great and awards winning photo editor (photo editing software) allows you to easily create, edit, enhance, print, and manipulate your digital images, web graphics and much more. Also see their image editor.

Trade a Link here?
Would you like to trade a genealogy or antique photography/ephemera related link with us? Please email us with a request, we'll get right back to you.