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Get all free genealogy resources for your state, organized and ready to use — The Research Library
In short, Dead Fred is a photo archive. The site has been in existence for over 20 years. From the website: “Dead Fred’s Genealogy Photo Archive, a free, fun photo genealogy research website devoted to helping you visualize your heritage!”
If you are interested in obtaining a photo of your ancestors, you should try Dead Fred. There are not millions of identified photos, but you can search rapidly and determine if there is a hit for the ancestor you are seeking.
To obtain the one-page Quicksheet PDF for easy reference, you can download it by clicking on the Download button:
For all the previously published Quick Reference Guides, click on QuickSheets.
If you use Quicksheets often, the Quicksheet Vault puts 390+ of them in one organized place — clean, printable, and easy to reuse whenever you need them. Whether you keep digital references handy or build your own genealogy binder, the Vault makes research simpler. Learn more about the Quicksheet Vault HERE