Olive Tree Genealogy now has a fantastic photograph collection on her Lost Faces website. She has over 50 photo albums with over 2500 photos dating back to before the Civil War. If you find an ancestor you can purchase a photographic reproduction of any of the photos from the albums.

This is a fantastic site. Some of the photos from the 1850s and 1860s are of people born in the 1700s. Just think you may find a photo of an ancestor who was alive during the Revolution.

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Photo Album #1 Hawley Sherwood Civil War Era Photo Album Hawley Sherwood Families of Connecticut CDVs & tintypes Surnames include Hawley, Sherwood, Hall, Van Gasbeck, Haywood, Schneider, Beers, Richards, Johnstone. 40 page Memory Book (8 1/2 x 11, printed on 32-lb weight LaserJet paper with plastic coil binding) now available for purchase. See samples from the Sherwood Hawley Memory Book Photo Album #2 Fobes Civil War Era Fobes Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites), circa 1860s. Includes 2 photos of Civil War Soldiers Surnames: Fobes, Tucker, Curtis, Gilbert, Peabody, Spear, Blake, Mansfield, Bassett, Botton, Williston, Nilliston, Kimbal, Daniels, Sutherland, Schaffner, Keith, Towne, Low, Wilder, Holden, Whitemore Locations: Massachusetts, New York, Illinois Photo Album #3 Remley Civil War Era Remley Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites), dated 1864. Two Civil War Officer photos Surnames: Remley, McCrim, Cunningham, Broadwell, Rider, Traylor, Igasham?, Hopkins, Mason, Haines Locations: Ohio, Photo Album #4 Dallas Texas Civil War Era Dallas Texas Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tintypes Surnames: Jancso, Floyd, Robertson, Slack, Peters, Atkinson, Caster, Carter Locations: Dallas Texas, Kentucky Photo Album #5 Taylor Civil War Era Taylor Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites), circa 1860s. Includes 2 photos of Civil War Soldiers Surnames: Taylor, Johnson, Gaston, Miller, Peters, McFadden, Slaven(s), Whitcomb, Vickery, Talbot, Falby, Hendricks, Burgess, Smith, Vralet Locations: Iowa, Ohio, Photo Album #6 Ross Civil War Era Ross Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites), circa 1860s. Civil War General in full uniform Surnames: Ross Locations: New Jersey, New York Photo Album #7 Derr Civil War Era Derr Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites), daguerotypes and tintypes, circa 1855-1870. Surnames: Derr, Prehn, Bartholomew, Stahl, Bushnell, Austen, Ward, Beavis, Brownlee, Garman, Gray, Green, Carter, Furst, Newcomb, Mott, Beck, Field, Wilson Locations: Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania Photo Album #8 Haskell Carpenter Civil War Era Photo Album Haskell & Carpenter Families of New England CDVs & tintypes Surnames include Haskell, Carpenter, Hunt, Wakefield, Thayer, Danson, Garland, Foster, Aldrich, Angell, Whillock/Whibock, Hill, Hunt, Scott, Wilmarth Locations include Providence Rhode Island, Littleton New Hampshire, Woonsocket Rhode Island, Worcester Massachusetts, Boston Massachusetts, Uxbridge Massachusetts Photo Album #9 Clarke Civil War Era Photo Album Clarke Family of New York CDVs & tintypes Surnames: Clarke, Brightman, Price, Hull, Coon, Brown, Chandal, Langworthy, Burdick, Eggleston Locations: Brookfield New York, Milton Wisconsin, Chicago Illinois Photo Album #10 Fryer Civil War Era Photo Album #1 Fryer Family of New York [49 photos] CDVs & tintypes Surnames: Fryer, Becker, Oliver, Shoudy, Crouse, Pangburn, Schoolcraft, Livingston, Wrigth, Lendrum, Spawn, Bloomingdale, Bardhuff, Barkhuff, Frederick, Lidden Locations: New York Photo Album #11 Fryer Civil War Era Photo Album #2 Fryer Family of New York [44 photos] CDVs & tintypes Surnames: Fryer, Oliver, Relyea, Tygert, Ludden, McChesney, Barkhoff, Course, Hurst, Becker, English, Ostrander, Wormer, Elross, Elsass, baumer, McGie, Youngs, Mogan, Van Auken, Hennessy, Waggoner, Gallup, Blessing, Voorheis Locations: New York Photo Album #12 Spencer Kilman Civil War Era Photo Album Spencer and Kilman Families of Niagara area Ontario Canada CDVs & tintypes Surnames include Spencer, Carrow, Kilman, Killman, Watts, Andrews, Bullock, Smith, Garner, Sternburgh, Daniels, McCall, Storey, Olds, Ward, Davis, Hutt, Monroe, Miller, Stewart, Palmerton, Glover Locations include Toronto, Pelham, Simcoe, St Catharines, Brantford, Canada West, Dunnville, Otterville, Niagara Falls, Drummondville, Hamilton, Thorold Photo Album #13 Moser Ziler Moser, Ziler, Siler, Dietrich Photo Album of Ontario Surnames include Moser, Ziler, Dietrich, Desjardine, Mahoney Locations include Dashwood, Exeter, Berlin, Walkerton. The families appear to have lived in Waterloo and Middlesex Counties Ontario. Photo Album #14 Hanchette Civil War Era Photo Album of Mrs. W. D. Hanchette CDVs & tintypes Surnames include Hanchette, Bissell, Sigmund, Warren, Hirradale?, Doolittle, Knapp, Graham, Cottrell, Harding: Locations include: Philadelphia Pennsylvania Photo Album #15 Hoover Civil War Era Photo Album Hoover family of Pennsylvania CDVs & tintypes Surnames include: Hoover, Herr, Groff, Souders Locations include : Lancaster Pennsylvania Photo Album #16 Lee Willson Badenoch LEE, WILLSON, BADENOCH Family Photo Album of Brant County, Ontario Surnames include Lee, Willson, Badenoch, Pepper, Shaver, Muma, Edwards, Blundy, Weaver, Clark, Lever, Green, Drake, Mannen, Bell, Jacobs, heron, Kitchen Locations include Brantford, London, Ingersoll (all in Ontario Canada) and Little Falls New York Photo Album #17 Neilson Neilson Family of Esquesing Township, Halton County Ontario. [55 photos & documents] Surnames include Stark, Brownridge, Joyce, Wilson, Graham, Lawson, Newton, Aitkens. Locations include Esquesing Township, Halton County, Dresden, Guelph, Milton, Prince Albert Saskatchewan, Detroit Michigan, Hespeler, Puslinch Township, Wellington County, St. Catharines, Hamilton, Georgetown, Brampton, Acton, Mansewood, Charlemont, Dawn Township, Lucan Photo Album #18 Barnum Raymond Pickard Barnum Raymond Pickard Family New York [35 photos & documents] Surnames include Barnum, Raymond, Marcellus, Pickard, Gould, Woodworth, Humphrey, Cox, Babcock, Candee, Caudee Locations in New York include Syracuse, Red Creek, Lowville, Binghampton, Gouverneur, Carthage, Copenhagen, Pulaski; Sharpsburg Pennsylvania; Rochelle, Illinois Photo Album #19 Hele Kingsford Hele & Kingsford Family Devon England to Oxford Co. Ontario [117 photos] Surnames include Kingsford, Hele, Buncher, Healey, McGregor, Woodrow, Thomas, Carter, Leach, Yates, Chittenden, Lossing Locations include Devon England, Lowell Massachusetts, Newaygo Co. Michigan, North Norwich Ontario, Cheltenham England, Exeter, Aldeburgh, Torquay, Brantford Ontario, Montreal Quebec, Detroit Michigan, Bucklan, London England, Plymouth, Notting Hill, Newton Abbot, Cornhill, Penrith Photo Album #20 Skinner Skinner Family Scotland and Ontario [46 photos] Surnames include Skinner, Brown, Smith, Yemen, Welsh, Wallace, Cousins, Pugsley, Wilson, Young, Scroggie, Locations include Brantford Ontario, St. Paul [Minnesota?], Hamilton Ontario, Ottawa Ontario, Norfolk Co. Ontario, Scotland, Ingersoll Ontario, West Bay City, Simcoe Ontario, Cobourg Ontario, Aberdeen, Hamilton Ontario Photo Album #21 Wallace Dean WALLACE, DEAN, MITCHELL, JOHNSTON Family Photo Album of Bruce & Huron County, Ontario Surnames include Wallace, Dean, Mitchell, Johnston Locations include Lucknow, Ripley, Kincardine, Bruce Co., Goderich, Huron Co., Clinton, Orangeville, Marquette Michigan Photo Album #22 Oxner Dykema Oxner Family Photo Album, partial Album belonged to Adrian John Oxner, and includes 2 pages of Family Register begun in 1863 for the Dykema family, one page register for Oxner family, photos and business cards Surnames: Oxner, Dykeman, Jonkman Locations: Holland Michigan Photo Album #23 A Quaker Family - The Maulsby Edwards Album Maulsby Edwards Family Photo Album 44 photos with notations, circa 1870s-1890s. Some are Quakers Surnames: Maulsby, Edwards, Huddle, Love, Coates, Davis, Babcock, Hillman, Culin, Ford, Yarrow, Sackett Locations: Pennsylvania, New Jersey Photo Album #24 Santelman Steffanhagen Family Photo Album Santelman Steffanhagen Family Photo Album 1880s-1890s Wine Coloured Velvet Album with Oval Metal Insert on Cover - mainly Cabinet Cards with some earlier tintypes. There are 46 identified photo slots in this album but only 33 photos in the album. Surnames: Santelman, Steffanhager, Steffanhagen, Koehn,Pigorzs, Landivehr?, Gohrke, Grimm, Algrihm, Koch, Berlin Locations: Minnesota, Illinois, Photo Album #25 The Vermont Wightman Patee Family Wightman Patee Family Photo Album contains early tintypes (ca 1860), CDV (Cartes de Visite) ca 1860-1870 and later cabinet cards. 38 photos and one funeral card. Surnames: Pattee, Newton, Wightman, Bushnell, Fidler, Noyes, Heath, Deane, Newton, Hurlbut, Gross, Bingham, Wheeler, Smith, Ballard Locations: Vermont, New York Photo Album #26 The Coon Chapin Family Photo Album purchased May 2006 Civil War Era Coon Chapin Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites), circa 1860 & 1870s. Surnames include Coon, Chapin, Stickney, Austin, Harvey, Yates, Streeter, Hutchins, Young, Hall, Palmer, Smith, Elias, Tenney. Locations include Ohio, Illinois, New Hampshire, Wisconsin. The Coon family originated in New York, the Chapin family in New Hampsire. Some COON branches lived in Berrien Michigan, others in Ohio. Photo Album #27 The Clapsaddle Family Photo Album Civil War Era Clapsaddle Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites), circa 1860 & 1870s. Surnames: Clapsaddle, Gilbert, Socks, Slegel, Schlegel, Switzer, Foekler, Tawney, Gemperlen, Gemperling, Wilson, Gemberling, Locations: Pennsylvania, Gettysburg PA, Green Castle Indiana, York Pennsylvania, Hanover Pennsylvania, Selinsgrove Pennsylvania

Photo Album #28 The Els Family Photo Album Civil War Era Els Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites) &tintypes, circa 1860 & 1870s. Surnames: Ells, Smith, Turner, Harley, Stanley, Ennis, Knowlton, Phelps, Comstock, Gaylord, Watrus, Rush, Rust, Rogers, Heath, Andress, davis, Boughton, Palmer, Spratt, Morse Locations: Ohio, New York, Michigan, Ontario, Indiana Photo Album #29 The Kelley Family Photo Album Civil War Era Kelley Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tintypes, circa 1860 & 1870s. Surnames: Kelley, Barton, Ellison, Spitter, Harman, Payne, Hayes, Moore Locations: Germany, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas Photo Album #30 The Hayes Wenty Family Photo Album Civil War Era Hayes Wenty Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tintypes, circa 1860 & 1870s. Surnames: Casper, Bevier, Wenty, Hays, Hayes, McCerary, Curlhair, Concklin, Osborn, Osborne, Wood, Gage, Finch, Locations: Binghampton New York Photo Album #31 The Hutton Family Photo Album Civil War Era Hutton Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tintypes, circa 1860 to 1870. Surnames: Hutton, Tennis, Patters, Roberts, Conner, Couner, Brown, Vickers, Walker, Gans, Matthews, Ballard, Dare, Hadley, Downing, Stephens, Hibbard, Nixon, WIlcox, Tullige, Tullidge Locations: Indiana, New York, Pennsylvania Photo Album #32 The Cardiff Harrold Family Photo Album Civil War Era Cardiff Harrold Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tintypes, circa 1860 & 1870s. Civil War Soldier Surnames: Cardiff, Harrold, Griffith, Ransomer, Tuggie, Smalley, Stoops, Robison, Williams, Hammer, Nixon, Harrold, Drue, Carnes, Reed, Hall, Shere, Locations: Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Italy, Connecticut, Photo Album #33 The Alexander Boomhauer Family Photo Album Alexander Boomhauer Family Photo Album cabinet cards post 1870 Surnames: Boomhower, Boomhauer, Alexander, Simpson, Lawton, Stewart, Babcock, Dobbs, Leaman Locations: Iowa, New York, Wisconsin Photo Album #34 The Brooks Family Photo Album Coming soon! Photo Album #35 The Pennington Family Photo Album Pennington Family Photo Album with cabinet cards, post 1870 Surnames: Foss, Pennington, Lancaster, Smith, Price, Anderson, Kennedy, Tuck, Parker, Merril, Tracey, Dow, Frye, Pray, Forbis, Forbes, Butterfield Locations: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Canada, Maine, Minnesota, Washington, Vermont, New York, Massachusetts Photo Album #36 The Amanda Pike Family Photo Album Amanda Pike Family Photo Album with funeral cards Surnames: Pike, Smith, James, Johnes, Haycock, Gros, Gross Locations: New Jersey, Pennsylvania Photo Album #37 The Pratt Morse Family Photo Albums Two Civil War Era Pratt Morse Family Photo Albums with CDVs (Cartes de Visites) and cabinet cards plus loose daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, circa 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s. Surnames: Pratt, Morse, Morgan, Wilcox, Johnson, Pond, Stephen, Brach, Andrews, Steele, Lisdale, Wooster, Blakesly, Stevens Locations: Connecticut, New York Photo Album #38 The Bliss Family Photo Album Civil War Era Bliss Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites) circa 1860 & 1870s. Surnames: Bliss, Olds, Hitchcock, Sherman, Stockwell, Foster Locations: Massachusetts, Monona, Iowa, Madison, Wisconsin, Kingston, New York, Connecticut, Charles City, Iowa, Port Huron, Michigan, Northampton, Massachusetts, New Haven, Athol, Troy, Waterbury, Keeseville, Thompsonville, Worcester Photo Album #39 The Pinkney, Sturtevant & Philetus Sawyer Family Photo Album Civil War Era Pinkney, Sturtevant & Philetus Sawye Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & intypes, circa 1860 & 1870s. Surnames: Sawyer, Sturtevant, Pinkney, Hadley, Ellwsworth, Perkins, Flynn, Marden, Perkins, Falder, McDonald, Johnson [Civil War Soldier, US Senators!] Locations: Wisconsin, Washington DC, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont Photo Album #40 The Snyder Family Photo Album Snyder Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites) tintypes and photos 1860-1960. Surnames: Snyder, Johnson, Gotroals Locations: Dublin Pennsylvania Photo Album #41 The Burtch Family Photo Album Civil War Era Burtch Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tintypes, circa 1860 & 1870s. Surnames: Burtch, Gransake Zeir, Zeirt, Blanchard, Morehouse, Stetson, Hooper Locations: Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Illinois, Nebraska, Michigan, Ohio, England Photo Album #42 The Fowler Merchant Family Photo Album Civil War Era Fowler Merchant Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tintypes, circa 1860 & 1870s. Surnames: Fowler, Merchant, Keach, Houghton, Lovejoy, Hewitt, Maloney, Tanner, Whitcomb, Sladden, Frazier, Comstock, Gray, Moseley, Center, Lee, Alexander, Fisher, Williams, Cottrell, Burgess Locations: Cambridge New York, Connecticut, Washington DC Photo Album #43 The Chase Batchellor Family Photo Album Civil War Era Chase Batchellor Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tintypes, circa 1860 & 1870s. Surnames: Day, Batchellor, Rixford, Adams, Morse, Chase, Ross Locations: Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri Photo Album #44 The Lane Family Photo Album Civil War Era Lane Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites) circa 1860s. Surnames: Lane, Smith, Stinson, Dunca, Morey, Webb, Noyer, Fifield, Rabbidge, Greenlaw, Ludkin, Staples, Pierce, Babbidge, Brown, Pierce, Tibbets, Morey, Adams Locations: New York Photo Album #45 The Stone Miller Family Photo Album Civil War Era Stone Miller Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tintypes, circa 1860s . Two Civil War soldiers Surnames: Stone, Sanager, Schaffer, White, Sisonme, Curtis, Miller, Covey, Coney, Jagger, Jugger, Chamberlain, Spangenberg, Reed, Cartes Locations: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Indiana, Ohio Photo Album #46 The Leonard Hoar Family Photo Album Civil War Era Leonard Hoar Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tintypes, circa 1860 & 1870s. Civil War Soldier Surnames: Leonard, Hoar, Phelps, Woolson, Miner, Livermore, Thumb Locations: Chester, Vermont, Brattleboke, Springfield, Rutland, San francisco, California, Photo Album #47 The Wilson Family Photo Album Civil War Era Wilson Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites) &tintypes, circa 1860 & 1870s. Surnames: Wilson, Miller, Coulter, Osborne, Henderson, Camp, Blackledge, Harris, McConald, Byres, Beaty, Smith, Dent Locations: Ohio, Iowa, Photo Album #48 The Webster Family Photo Album Civil War Era Webster Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites) , circa 1860 & 1870s. Surnames: Edwards, Converse, Coleman, Tenney, Tenny, Webster, Smith, Dickie, Clark, Cushing, Reed, Everson, Bates, Wadley, Peterson, Shaw, Spellman Locations: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut ALBUM #49 KOSTENBADER KOSTENBADER album - Cabinet Cards, plus 6 CDVs & 2 tintypes in wine velvet album mid to late 1800s Surnames: Kostenbader, Heinley, Seibert, Heinley, Smith, Young, Spitler, Taylor, Romig, Franz, Farley, Gamber, Cox, Ranck, Corson, Meixel, Meixell, Miller, Pease, Hummel, Winkelblech, Winkelbach, Wood, Taylor, Farley, Steininger, Gaimon, Weaver, Keller, Lloyd, Sherk, Dieffenderfer, Dennis, Baker, Kling, Twining, Kerns, Dietrich, haggy, Locations: Pennsylvania ALBUM #50 THOMAS THOMAS Photo Album Cabinet Cards, CDVs. Vintage Lether Album with patent date on buckle of 1882 Surnames: Thomas, Thom, Gibbons, Hysong, Hissong, Robson, Locations: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York ALBUM #51 Bauder Zoller Civil War Era Bauder Zoller Family Photo Album with CDVs [Cartes de Visites], circa 1860s. Surnames: Walt, Walters, Bowen, Bowder, Zoller, Snyder, Bauder, Moyer, Fox, Smith, Lampman, Fake, Keller, Cary, Hornkey, Hess, WIles, Johnson, Johnston, Sneck, Miller Locations: New York, Rochester, Little Falls, Fort Plain, Minden, Cobbleskill, Syracuse, Amsterdam ALBUM #52 CLARK NOURSE Civil War Era CLARK NOURSE Family Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites), circa 1860s. Surnames: Nourse, Tarbell, Clark, Clarke, Chandler, Huntington, Thomas, Miller, Fisk, Fiske, Mermod, Rathbun, Rathburn, Davis, Gallup, Mahon, Wahl, Wate, WOod, Holly, Sposk, McNeal, Martin, Burwell, Milton, Ladd Locations: St Louis Missouri, Washington DC, Providence Rhode Island, Switzerland, Ohio, Boston Massachusetts, Connecticut ALBUM #53 Missouri Civil War Era Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites), circa 1860s. Surnames: Wilmont, Joyce, Tennant, Downey, Wood, Fowler, Fairchild, Larsen, McGuire, Durkett, Pluckett, Faby, Katy, Watson, Steeler Locations: St Louis Missouri ALBUM #54 Missouri 2 Civil War Era Missouri Family Photo Albumwith CDVs (Cartes de Visites), circa 1860s. Surnames: Orr, Blake, Felterner, Van Court Locations: St Louis, Missouri Album #55 COLE - CHANDLER in Massachusetts Civil War Era COLE - CHANDLER in Massachusetts Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites), circa 1860s. Surnames: Prince, Cole, Swift, Jones, Taylor, Morton, Chandler, Chase, Griffith, Bradford, Rogers, Berry, Cobb, Rickard, Fuller, Cowell, Sherman, Shaw, Waterman, Barrows, Vaughan, Leach, Randall, Colby Locations: Taunton Massachusetts, Boston, Bridgewater, Plymouth, New York, Middleboro, Fall River, Providence Rhode Island, Brockton, Album #56 Fiske Family Album in New England Civil War Era Fiske Family Album in New England Family Photo Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites), circa 1860s. Surnames: Fiske, Andrews, Clark, Seymour, Foster, Hart, Smead Locations: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, Italy