Description of the Program

We are pleased to announce that SCGS is launching a new service, Ancestors Gallery, as part of the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree and SCGS website activities.  The goals of this new program are:

1. To provide an outlet for researchers to memorialize their ancestors by posting vintage photographs to accompany more traditional genealogical queries.
2. To provide a bridge between offline researchers and their online cousins.
3. To add interesting, fun new content to the SCGS website.

Participants in Ancestors Gallery purchase memorial advertisements which will be printed in the 2007 Jamboree Syllabus and on the SCGS website.

Each memorial is available at a nominal cost ($15 to $50 or more), depending on the size, content, and the number of photographs included in the memorial.  SCGS will provide design and layout of the memorial as part of the service.

How do you participate in this new program?

Go through your vintage photographs and pick out some you would like to include.  Good quality photographs will work the best, but we can work with problematic images.  Very poor quality photographs are not suitable to be included in the Gallery, unfortunately.

If you have your own scanner and feel comfortable doing the scanning, scan your photos at as high resolution as possible.  Larger resolution photos are easier to work with, so don’t skimp on the size of the scan.  If you have the option, scan at 300 dpi or higher. 

If you do not have a scanner, we will scan the photo for you.  To avoid the possibility of lost or damaged photos, we will not accept any photos by mail.  Over the next two months, we will be at the SCGS Library and will scan photos for those who need scanning assistance. Bring your photos and biographical information to the Library, do some research or join in Lunch and Learn, and take your photos home with you after the lecture.  Scanning will be available from 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m. on February 10, February 17, March 10, and March 17.

If your photo needs repair, one of our Jamboree exhibitors, Claire at Photos Made Perfect, has offered a $10 discount coupon for Ancestors Gallery participants.  If you use their services, ask Claire to email the repaired photo to us for inclusion in Ancestors Gallery. 

All photos must be submitted by March 17, 2007, to be included in the Jamboree syllabus.  Photos submitted after that date will be added to the website after Jamboree.

Rules and Points to Consider

Identify all individuals in the photograph, and double check your information. Contributors will be given an opportunity to approve/revise the Gallery memorial after it has been drafted.  Changes made after the memorial is approved will be made for an additional cost.  All content will be the responsibility of the contributor. 

To protect your copyright and ownership of the photos you contribute, all participants will be asked to sign a release to permit publication in the Syllabus and on the website. 

We want to include photographs deceased family members.  If a group photo includes an individual who is still living, indicate only that person’s name and “living.”  Information on living individuals will not be published.

At this time, we are not accepting unidentified photographs.  It is possible that we will expand to “Missing Persons” photos in the future.

View the designs that have already been submitted to Ancestors Gallery and pick up some ideas for your ancestor’s memorial.