Here is your assignment, if you choose to play along (cue the Mission: Impossible! music, please!):
(1) Ancestry.com updated their School Yearbook collection and it is FREE to access until 2 September. Use https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/yearbooksindex/.
(2) Show us your school yearbook photos from the Ancestry collection, or from your personal photo collection. Tell us the school and year. Add your spouse or best friend or children if you wish!
(3) Tell us about it in a blog post of your own, in a comment on this blog, or in a Facebook post.
Here's what I could come up with:
So first of all, I was surprised to see that my high school — Niceville Senior High School, in beautiful Niceville, Florida — actually is represented in the collection. Unfortunately, none of the years I attended (1976–1979) is there, and I have no idea where my yearbooks are in the house. I know I bought them and kept them, but they're in a box somewhere. So much for high school photos of me!
I did find the USC yearbook for my senior year in the collection. I graduated in 1983.
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| Janice Sellers, University of Southern California yearbook, 1983, page 174 |
Next I tried looking for my parents. I didn't find my mother, but I did find two photos of my father in the 1954 Seminole High School (Sanford, Florida) yearbook. I wish I had found these three months ago, while my father was stil alive. I could have asked him about his experiences in the Pan American Club, Projectionist Club, Camera Club, and Glee Club (although I think the first three might have been in Moorestown, which was spelled incorrectly in the yearbook).
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| Salmagundi, Seminole High School yearbook, 1954, senior photos, page 28 |
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| Salmagundi, Seminole High School yearbook, 1954, Glee Club, page 59 |
I couldn't find any of my grandparents. I looked for my best candidate for my paternal grandfather's biological father and struck out. I did, however, find my ex, who went to Santa Monica Catholic High School in Santa Monica, California.
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| Hugh Singh, Compass, Santa Monica Catholic High School yearbook, 1966 (freshman), 1967 (sophomore), and 1969 (senior) |
I also found the younger of my mother's two brothers (but not the older), about a dozen members of my aunt's family (but not her), and all three of my ex's brothers (but not his half-sister). Obviously, one could spend many, many hours searching through these for family members. They sure are fun!
Interesting that they are hit and miss for years. On the website they give a link on how to donate yearbooks. Your father was very handsome.
ReplyDeleteI guess it depends on who has already donated yearbooks. Apparently no one from my years wanted to give theirs up (including me)?
DeleteAnd thank you, yes, he was handsome. Unfortunately, he knew it. :)
DeleteThis was a fun challenge, but I had the same hit and miss results that you did.
ReplyDeleteOne of the frustrating things about collections like this is that they aren't very honest in the marketing about how hit and miss it is. But it's still better than nothing!
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