Photo’s of days gone by, placed in an album, buried in a drawer or kept safe in a family bible. They may be all that is left to bring back a long lost memory, relive a better day, or give us a glimpse of the ancestors we will never meet. By sharing your keepsakes others may also enjoy a glimpse of the past and maybe see for the first time, a photo of their ancestor.
Do you have pictures of your ancestors with Jersey County connections you would like to preserve and share with us? Scanning photo’s to be placed in this album could be the best thing you could do to preserve them. If lost or destroyed a copy will always be here to retrieve and print out. You may send pictures of historic sights, buildings, cemeteries, etc. in Jersey County, too, as well as Unidentified Photos.
If you would like to submit a photo please follow these easy steps:
1 – Scan them,
2 – Save them in .jpg or .gif format, (.jpg is prefered for quality)
3 -Send me an email message with information about the photo, identifying the person(s), place, etc.
4 – Attach the photo to the email message. Click here for email address.
If you do not have a scanner you can submit photo’s by having a quality photocopy made at a place like Kinko’s and snail mailing it to me. I will scan the photo for you, place it online and return the copy.
Scroll down the page for Photo Links
Ancestor Photos, Documents
- ALLEN photo album ALLEN, DUNCAN, BENEKE. Photos from Della Allen photo album. Added April 2007
- ALLEN photo album Unidentified photos from Della Allen photo album. Added April 2007
- ANDREWS, FRANZ families. Added June 2006
- BALCOM family. Added September 2005
- BAUM family. Added July 2006
- Ida N. BELL Aunt of Donald Bell
- BESTERFELDT, HARTLEY Elsah: Mary (Scully) Besterfeldt Hartley, Ruthvern Paul Hartley, Julia Anna Besterfeldt. Added January 2003
- BYRNES, CALLAHAN, O’KEEFE James BYRNE(S); Margaret Olivia Byrnes; Thomas William Callahan & Thomas O’Keefe with Kevin, Cathy & Patty Maguire. Information on the Byrne(s) family. Added August 1999
- Children of Bartholomew CHAPPLE, Added March 2001
- COFFMAN, Robert and Norma (MEDHURST) COFFMAN, Added March 2008
- Theodore Lurton CONKLIN, World War I Jersey County Soldier and wife Frederica Marie (KELLER) CONKLIN Added November 1999
- Amos Lurton CONKLIN and children, son of Joseph and Charlotte (ROSS) CONKLIN. Also Lillie BEATY Added November 1999
- CONKLING Joseph Marsh CONKLING and Charlotte ROSS CONKLING. Joseph, son of Pierson and Hannah (MARSH) CONKLING Updated January 2005
- George COPE and Lucinda BULLARD, Added March 2001
- James and and Joseph COPE, Added November 2002
- Pearl DABBS, son of Joshua Elias Dabbs Added August 1999
- Nellie Perrings DOLAN, and Nora Dolan, Added August 2008
- Fred Easley 1925-1999, Past President of the Jersey County Historical Society
- FITZPATRICK family, Patrick, Aphonsus, Emma, William Added September 2005
- FRANZ family, William and Mary (FRANKLIN) Franz; Charles and Martha (THURM) Franz Added February 2008
- Public sale handbill James GORRY, Fidelity township about 1913. Added August 1999
- GRETHER family, Alvin, Eva (Ramsey), Lester, Robert Grether photos. Added February 2005
- George W. HERDMAN taken 1879, Springfield, IL, information requested.
- HETZEL-GOSHORN, John Hetzel, Sopha Gorman families. Added July 2009
- William JOURNEY, Added October 2006
- KELLER, Cosmos Keller Sr. and wife Frederica Dorathea BEHRENS. Added December 2000
- Cosmos KELLER, Jr. Added December 2000
- Frederica M. KELLER, Jerseyville teacher. Added December 2000
- Thomas W. KIRBY Grandfather of Kirby Heard
- Herman and Nina Landon KIRCHNER. Added June 2000
- Mary Jane (KNAPP) KELLER, daughter of William E. and Margaret (O’BRIEN) KNAPP and daughters. Added November 1999
- Landon family. LANDON, BARTON, ARCHER, SWEENEY. Added January 2007
- Edith Mae MEDFORD, daughter of LeRoy Medford and Mary Caroline Schaaf. Added September 2005
- Henry and Mary Jane ROSS, view of their home circa 1860s. Added January 2005
- SUTTON family, 1894 Added June 2006
- James G. and Elizabeth SWANN, view of their home built circa 1830s. Added November 2005
- Arthur TAUBER and family, BERTMAN. Added June 2008
- Victor THURM and family, DABBS, FRANZ. Added October 2007
- David and Rhoda Whitlock TUCKER and family. Added August 2001
- VAHLE family. CHARNELL, ISRINGHAUSEN, RICHEY Added April 2008
- VAUGHN Home. Added November 2000
- Benjamin WEDDING. Added December 2009
- Naoma WHEELER Aunt of Donald Bell
- Lena Pauline WURTH Great Grandmother of Linda Melton, taken about 1900. Added August 1999
- Albert WURTH Great Grandfather of Thomas Wurth. Added August 2004
- Wyckoff family home, on North Olive Street, 1900 photo, shoe store advertisement. WYCKOFF, VAN DORN, COCKRELL, KNAPP. Added September 2001
- Rev. Wm. H. Jordan 1911 letter. JORDAN, WYCKOFF, WEDDING. Added September 2001
Historic Places, Sights
- Cheney Mansion History and picture of this early historic house
- Historic Hazel Dell Home of Lt. Col. W. H. Fulkerson
- Silver Certificate found in a mussel shell caught in the Illinois River by James R. SMITH. Added November 1999
- The Legendary Piasa Bird of Jersey County
- Sherman School House
MYSTERY PHOTOS
- Jerseyville school Help identify this early Jerseyville school.
- Picture #5 Unknown school, help identify this class and students. Added November 1999, large photo
- Unknown Cemetery
- KNIGHT Is this your family? Added December 1999
- DAILEY, MCDANIELS, SKULLY Are these your family? Added December 1999
- First Presbyterian Church, Jerseyville ca 1890 Help identify these men. Added November 2000
- Unknown photos and More unknown photos, possibly from 1894-1905. Five photos on two pages. May be related to the BONNELL family and/or related STALLINGS, WERLY, KIRBY. Added September 2001
- Unknown photo, possible surnames PROETZ, TATE, BONNELL. Added September 2001
- Bonnell and O’Byrne 1869 Monticello College photo and baby Harold O’BYRNE photo. Added September 2001
- Wedding Estate Photos
- Salem ME Church 1940 WIELAND, McCUEN, SPOALDING, ZIMMERMAN, PERKINS, McCUIN, LEGATE. Added October 2003
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