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COME FACE TO
FACE WITH LONG
LOST RELATIVES
WORDS I DAVINA HARREY IMAGES I SHPA
TheInternethasprovidedawonderfulopportunityfor
researchingourancestors,andanewresourcerecently
launchedistheScottishHighlanderPhotoArchive.TheSHPA
offersauniqueandfreeimagedatabaseforgeneaologists
lookingtotracetheirHighlandoriginsandsearchingfora
possiblevintagephotographoftheirancestors.
O
ncecomplete,TheSHPA'sarchivewill worldover,whoareinterestedintheir
consistofalmost20,000portrait
familyhistory,tosearchtheimagesfor
imagesofpeoplefromthetownsand
familymatchesand/orlikeness.InAmerica
villagesoftheScottishHighlandsand
alone,itisestimated600,000geneaologists
Islands.Thephotoscomefromoldglass
dailysearchtheirfamilytreeontheInternet.
plateandgelatinnegativestakenduringthe
AsanongoingHighlandheritageproject,
firstdecadesofthe20thcentury.
theSHPAwillupload400newimagesevery
Mostoftheportraitswillincludebasic
month,soitwillbeworthwhilechecking
informationtohelpidentifytheindividuals.
backregularly.
Familyresearcherswillbeabletobuy
TheScottishHighlanderPhotoArchive–
imagesorprintsoftheirdistantancestors helpingyoutovisualizeyourheritage. a73
onlineandwillalsoeventuallyhaveaccess
toaforuminordertocommentonorhelp www.scottishhighlanderphotoarchive.co.uk
putnamestounknownpeopleinthe
photographsofthecollection.
Thisextensivedatabasewillenable
Scottishexpatriatesanddescendantsthe
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