Genealogy Club Member Finds Treasure

A member of the Genealogy Club rescued a collection of old photographs from the recycling area near her residence. The oldest photo was of a man named Eli Cook (pictured), who born in 1795, but there were also more modern images, many of them with names written on the back.

During the club’s workshop on Jan. 27, the members spread out the photos and wrote down names, then went to the computers to search for the people. The group was able to build a tree connecting three families together. “If you have Cooks, Coopers and Meyers in your family,” says Janet Lessin, “we may have a treebuiltforyou.” Anyone who has old family photos they want to get rid of is asked to donate them to the Genealogy Library by contacting the club at lwgenealogy@gmail.com.