This is great, another venue for the genealogy addicted! I am a collector of post cards from the towns and communities our ancestors lived. It would be helpful in my quest to find anything having to do with our ancestors, if sellers would post a picture of the back of used cards, I might be able to find a card someone in our family received or better yet sent. Even though we inherited 100's of pieces of family memorabilia I continue the search to add anything I can to our families history.

Funny you should both hit on areas that I just recently found so useful in my own research. My mother-in-law gave me some funeral cards last winter including ones for her mother & father inlaw. He died first and the mother-in-law include the Lithuanian spelling of his americanized names and his birth day (in Lithuanian) which should help when I can finally afford to petition Vilnius archives for records.

And I've bought several postcards of areas my family's antecedents lived in. Including one color card for early 1900's Wilmington De. of the exact street (and hundred block) that my Great Great grandfather and his son and grandson lived on. Amazing eh?

BTW check out scrapbooks at auctions and garage sales in your area. Some folks pasted their funeral cards into their scrapbook and some also pasted obituaries in to them. And look in the bottoms of the drawers of furniture. I found a 100 year old newspaper lining the drawer of a bureau my great aunt left me. It had been shellaced into the drawer at some point. But it had a lot of interesting ads in it and a date published. The back of the same bureau has, written in grease pencil, mover's instructions for where to deliver it to. Maybe when my great-grandmother bought it before 1900.

Beth Cherkowsky eBay seller since 1996 Woadieland DepressionGlassWarehouse

Historical Societies love to obtain such info for their files. Our local HS genealogist regularly gets inquiries about long-ago businesses. She appreciates each and every addition to the archives, be it a family history, town related, or just "stuff". How great is it that you have this colorful historical record of an ancestor's business, Nan!

It's strange how some people do let go of even ID'ed family photos. I always thought these "orphans" came from families who had no one to pass them to, but that isn't always the case. "No interest" and greediness for money is why people let things go, sometimes not bothering to contact other relatives before items are sold.

Hi everyone,

I'm so glad to see this group! I think genealogy should be a main category instead of a subcategory of history. It would make it much easier to find.

Two questions: I'm fairly new to ebay and I plan to market primarily genealogy books (old and new), county biographies and histories and etc. Is there a good place to offer county specific books?

Second: Where can I go to determine the value of the older and out of print genealogy books. I purused ebay and other booksellers and found very few if any places where they are for sale with a price listed.

What are your ideas about auctions, buy it now, etc. as far as these types of books?

Thank you so much. Hope this board stays active. I think it would if it was easier to find.

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Re: Second: Where can I go to determine the value of the older and out of print genealogy books. I purused ebay and other booksellers and found very few if any places where they are for sale with a price listed."

There used to be two booksellers who published catalogs of Generalogy and local histories that were a goldmine of pricing information. They were Goodspeed's of Boston and Tuttle's of Rutland VT.

Goodspeeds is, I believe, long gone but Tuttles is alive and well. Do a Google search for "Tuttles Rutland." Buy one of their catalogs if necessary.

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Deadfred.com and ancientfaces.com are great places to put identified photos that you have. That way, not only does the family get them, but any relatives can see them too. If there is a house fire or burglary, the photo is always out there for posterity. It makes the gift go that much further. Not affiliated with either.

On a similar note, the Bibles I buy, many on eBay (eBay should send me to the Bahamas on these commissions! Meg take note) I reunite these with families and it is very rewarding. However, I have come to realize that digitizing the records is the way to make the images permanent, and equally available to all descendants. It is my concentration right now. biblerecords.com.

The trend of reuniting family heirlooms with descendants is very new with the information age and is almost exclusively an eBay/Rootsweb phenomenon. It is this combination of technology that has made it possible. I think we will see a burst of organized activity in this very soon.

Tracy

I am a seller and a genealogy crazy girl. local history books they're highly valuable to the genealogist so I always post them when I can to help my fellow genealogists. I have two comments. First as a seller the place where I lookup old and out of print genealogy books for their current sales value would be http://www.bookfinder.com/ I never fail to get a report of any old book I want there.
Second I have been building up steam to ask EBAY to please put a new category in genealogy I think the one we really benefit everyone is "local history" to auction county and town history books in. It's sad to put all local history books in "other" when local stuff is the cornerstone of genealogy libraries. Hopefully EBAY sees my comment today. p.s. I don't know if asking for 50 subcategories, one for each state is too much.

It looks like everyone on this board must have been voting and following the election the last few days. I agree with last message. I picked up three photos at a flea market this weekend based on your messages the photos have genealogy notes on back for several family names. I am going to post them tonight and see what sort of response. Also being responsible genealogist I will post them on deadfreds.com - thanks for that tip!

Thank you so much for the info on deadfred.com and ancientfaces.com. I checked them both out but no luck for any of our family, but you can bet I will be going back to these sites.

I was very fortunate to be the recipient of a family bible, photos and a small diary this past weekend. Being the family historian, word has spread in the family of my quest and now I am receiving items others have had. I am so thrilled.

Good luck and happy researching to one and all.

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