Have you heard of DeadFred? It’s a cool website and Facebook page for searching our lost family history in photos. We can contribute photos and also search for what others have contributed. We might find a missing photo of a relative. Even better, it is free. I have known about DeadFred for many years because the man who spearheads this site is located in beautiful Northwest Arkansas which is the birthplace of my late father-in-law. The wonderful creator of DeadFred, Joe Bott, shared this history:
“Once upon a time” actually the seeds were planted in 1965 when I was in the Navy I started collecting vintage photos , fast forward to now and I have accumulated over 27,000 vintage photos mostly through donations, some from yard sales, junk shops, antique stores and the trash that people find and send. DeadFred began in 1998 and since then has reunited over 3,000 ancestors photos to relatives. There is no cost. DeadFred is a free website and sends the found photos (that are owned by DeadFred) home free. Anyone can copy photos to their hard drive for private use. We run DeadFred on donations and google ads. Volunteer/Associates Amanda Shertzer, Daniel Lawson, & Jeannette Balleza Collins help maintain the site while I do the scanning, correspondence and speak at genealogy societies meetings. Presently we are recruiting volunteers to help scan photos as we have over 14,000 in queue waiting to be scanned and posted to the Archive.
Our soul mission is to reunite ancestors’ photos with their families, we do not focus on profits which we have not had since we started. Although keeping enough in the piggy bank to ward off problems would be a welcome new event, DeadFred spreads awareness via Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.”
Did you note the word donations? Scroll down on every page for the donate button.
Who was Fred? https://deadfred.com/fred_05.php
DeadFred website https://deadfred.com/
MEET THE FREDS!
We had our quarterly get together at a local eatery in Fayetteville Arkansas. Coming up with mind bending great things for you in the future. Daniel our Digital & Design guru is on the left, Jeannette our Brilliant Scribe/PR /Person who keeps all of us front & center on his right, Amanda Our Cornerstone Code Poet, and Framer of Dead Fred’s original database Joe (aka Deadfred) Shaggy bearded guy behind Amanda. Just wanted to know who’s who on Fred. But last and not least there’s YOU who tell us how wonderful we are which causes us to go out to buy new bigger sized hats for our heads expanding. Thank you.
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