Are you looking for an Italian surname? Do you need more information about your family heritage?
This is the right place to start your genealogy search.
i hope i am placing this question in the right location. if i am not, please feel free to correct me!
soooo... my question is: for those who were lucky, where did you find photographs of your loved ones? online wise, i mean is there a database with pictures?
i am still having issues finding any pictures from my bio mom's side. my bio mother was the only daughter of her parents and all of her family members from both side are passed on and she doesn't know the names of their children/children's children.
anything helpful would mean a lot, thank you! i no loner have a paid account on ancestry, so i can't look any pictures there now.
Extended family and friends are a good source but you are focusing online.
I've found family photos on websites like Ancestry, familysearch, findagrave, etc. Look in family trees and on naturalization records, school yearbooks, etc.
One strategy is to locate family/friends online and contact them. I found a photo in a family tree on Ancestry.com, and based on their family name I found an email address for them on findagrave. I contacted the owner and the rest is history.
it's okay i'm adopted so my info is very limited. i recently met my bio mom for the first time and it really made me more passionate about finding out more things!
Ancestry.com has a library version, commonly accessible at public libraries. Also, a number of libraries, in response to Covid conditions, provide home access to Ancestry Library via the internet. So check with your pubic library to see what's available for you. The Ancestry Library version does not offer all of the same features of the full subscription version (no access to user profiles, can't use internal messaging, a few others) but the basics are there, including looking at family trees posted by members. Many of these trees do not have associated photos, but some do. So if you get lucky (big IF) and link with a relative that way, they might have posted photos of interest.
In the US naturalization process of the early-mid 20th century, the first filed document is the "Declaration of Intent"; sometimes these have mug-shot type photos of the applicant. If your people filed the document, it's possible, even if they did not follow up to become citizens. The subsequent document, the "Petition" (which, if accepted, is followed by a pledge, usually on the same or next page) is required to complete the naturalization process. That's another place to look. The Declaration is sometimes re-filed along with the Petition, and there may be a photo that could not be found in the original Declaration. I have not seen any pattern regarding where the photo might show up. Again, luck will be involved.
thank you! yes, i do know about the public library edition of ancestry! i checked a while back, but not a lot of luck on my end.. i have 14 different nationalities in me (including 3 types of italian-southern, northern and sardinia) and almost everyone i look up is international, and sadly, the public library doesn't give access to international matches. i am very thankful for your info, though.
i will need to look for "declaration of intent"! that's something i didn't know about, thank you so much!
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is there a database with pictures? 
