Facebook has your family's old photos. Here is how to find them.

Your ancestors' photos may already be on Facebook in neighborhood groups. This cheat sheet has all my search secrets for filling your family tree with faces.

✦ Find the Facebook groups most likely to have your relatives' photos

✦ What to search once you're a member (it's not just surnames)

✦ Step-by-step strategy to locate photos for your family tree

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Every family tree has missing faces. The photos exist, you just don't know where to look.

✦ Someone else may have the photos you're missing, posted in a Facebook group you've never searched.

✦ Searching the wrong groups will waste your evenings. This cheat sheet shows how to find the right ones fast.

Hi, I'm Margaret. I've been working on my family tree for years.

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