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Just trying this app out despite the rep. Figured this place would actually care about my yapping's about my Family History and Appalachia obsession!

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I saw so many of these types when I went to breakfast with my grandparents at hardees. Half the time they knew each other and were in the same breakfast crew haha! Circa 2001

Posted 3rd May 2026r/2000s

My grandparents at their wedding and on their 64th wedding anniversary.

Posted 2nd May 2026r/PastAndPresentPics

My 2nd great grandfather Andrew Jackson Greene (1883-1942) who was a College Professor at Appalachian State University while it was still a teachers college.

Posted 29th Apr 2026r/HistoricalCapsule

My grandfather as a young kid in 1930's Boone NC.

Posted 27th Apr 2026r/OldSchoolCool

My grandma's aunt Idell (1890-1985).

Posted 27th Apr 2026r/TheWayWeWere

My 3rd great grand uncle John Jasper McCall (1834-1917) who deserted the Confederacy and hid in a cave to avoid capture and likely death.

Posted 25th Apr 2026r/MURICA

Do you folks have any memories/stories/photos of Oliver Byrd? He was my grandpa's uncle and as part of my Genealogy research I was just discovering how he was a well respected caretaker of Camp Illahee for a long time. Have a good day!

Posted 25th Apr 2026r/Brevard

My 3rd great grandfather and most of his siblings. photos ranging from 1860's-1920's.

Posted 25th Apr 2026r/HistoricalCapsule

My 2nd great grand uncle John Tolliver Henderson (1853-1939).

Posted 25th Apr 2026r/TheWayWeWere

The side of my family that my hairline gene comes from. For reference my hairline is just like the man with the mustache in the 1st and 3rd pic (working on growing a mustache like that don't worry). Do I keep or not?

Posted 24th Apr 2026r/bald

Two of my great grand uncles Delbert and Gilbert with their children. Circa early 1930's!

Posted 24th Apr 2026r/OldSchoolCool

My 3rd great grandfather who was shot in the neck at Gettysburg and survived. He would die in 1927 two months away from turning 86 years old.

Posted 24th Apr 2026r/oldphotos

Since you folks seemed to enjoy my post last night about my relatives I'll show another one from that side of the family. My 2nd great grand uncle William Whitted Pace (1865-1908) and his wife Laura Evelyn Jones Pace (1863-1949). They were both siblings of the previously posted couple!

Posted 21st Apr 2026r/TheWayWeWere

My great grandmother (lady in the back left with dark hair and big glasses) with several of her siblings and in laws. Circa early 1990's!

Posted 21st Apr 2026r/HistoricalCapsule

My 2nd great grand aunt Susan Jane Pace Jones (1852-1904) with her husband John Franklin Jones (1849-1920). The second photo is a picture of the couple with their family circa early 1900's.

Posted 21st Apr 2026r/TheWayWeWere

Found these over the weekend of who I am 99% sure is my great grandfather and another picture of my great grandparents. Looks like the early 1910's!

Posted 21st Apr 2026r/oldphotos

Some distant relatives who really give the grandparent house nostalgia here.

Posted 21st Mar 2026r/nostalgia

My 2nd great grandmothers cousin Bessie Willis Boone (1888-1991) and her husband James M. Boone (1877-1957) of Mitchell County NC.

Posted 17th Mar 2026r/OldSchoolCool

My 2nd great grandma Callie and her brother Thomas circa 1960's.

Posted 12th Mar 2026r/TheWayWeWere

Two of my 3rd great grand aunts who lived to be 100! Circa late 30's and early 40's.

Posted 10th Mar 2026r/OldSchoolCool

My 3rd great grandfather's cousin Nancy Evelyn Bane Ward (1845-1952) celebrating her 107th birthday! She died just over 2 months later.

Posted 10th Mar 2026r/HistoricalCapsule

My great grand uncle Ray (1908-1989) and his wife Lucy (1911-1996).

Posted 10th Mar 2026r/oldphotos

A cousin of my 4th great grandfather Lodema Silver Young (1842-1937) with her husband Samuel Fleming Young (1843-1934). They were both lifelong residents of Yancey County NC!

Posted 5th Mar 2026r/HistoricalCapsule

Since there are so many Pace cousins here I'll post this one of my 2nd great grandfather Richard Jackson Pace (1857-1939) standing in the doorway of his old post office. He was the first postmaster of East Flat Rock and was actually the man who named the town!

Posted 3rd Mar 2026r/Appalachia

My great grandmother attending a reunion for the old Etowah School (1934).

Posted 2nd Mar 2026r/hendersonville

My great uncle Charles Hill (1917-2006) standing in front of his General Store during the 70's. East Flat Rock section of Henderson County NC

Posted 2nd Mar 2026r/Appalachia

My 4th great grand uncle Dudley Farthing (1804-1895) who was a prominent and well respected judge in what is today Watauga County NC! Circa early 1890's

Posted 2nd Mar 2026r/HistoricalCapsule

My 3rd great grand aunt Mary Jane "Dr. Polly" King Justice (1819-1904) aboard her stallion horse near her homeplace in Henderson County NC! Dr. Polly was one of the most beloved granny doctors in all of Appalachia and still lives on in many memories/tales.

Posted 2nd Mar 2026r/TheWayWeWere

My 3rd great grandmother Nancy Matilda King Laughter (1841-1941) of Henderson County NC. Photo dates range from 1938 to 1941.

Posted 2nd Mar 2026r/OldSchoolCool

A 2nd great grand uncle of mine Benjamin Orrus Greer (1876-1949).

Posted 2nd Mar 2026r/oldphotos

Inspired by the previous post. Some pictures of my grandma through the years

Posted 24th Feb 2026r/oldphotos

My 4th great grand aunt Margaret "Peggy" Silver Robinson (1815-1909) of Yancey County NC.

Posted 23rd Feb 2026r/oldphotos

My 3rd great granduncle Robert Jones King (1840-1924) with his 2nd wife and two of his kids along with farm animals! Guessing early 1920's!

Posted 23rd Feb 2026r/TheWayWeWere

My 3rd great grandparents Alexander "Alex" Silver (1846-1929) and Elizabeth Caroline Wilson Silver (1848-1930). Circa 1920's McDowell County NC.

Posted 23rd Feb 2026r/OldSchoolCool

My grandma 1934-present, great uncle 1932-2024, and great aunt 1924-2019 at their childhood home on their "ol mule". Circa Late 30's East Flat Rock NC.

Posted 21st Feb 2026r/OldSchoolCool

My grandfather, his twin brothers, their cousin in the background making a scary face and my great grandparents. Circa later 1930's Etowah NC.

Posted 20th Feb 2026r/TheWayWeWere

My great grandmothers cousin Bessie Zora Pace Rhodes (1891-1974) with her husband George Silas Rhodes (1883-1932) in an old automobile 1913.

Posted 19th Feb 2026r/OldSchoolCool

My great grandfathers cousin Ulysses Grant "General" Hill during WW1 (around 1917).

Posted 18th Feb 2026r/TheWayWeWere

A picture of my great grand uncle Theodore Hill during World War 1 (1918). The other photos are of my great uncle Vance Hill during WW2 (don't have an exact year)!

Posted 18th Feb 2026r/OldSchoolCool

Pictures of my great grandmother and her siblings. In order from first to last born!

Posted 18th Feb 2026r/oldphotos

Federick Messer (1792-1907) of Haywood County NC was said to live till 114 years old! He was one of the last original pioneers of the Appalachian mountains! I haven't seen anybody debunking his claim, the only debate I've seen is whether he lived to 114 or 115! The photos were from the early 1900's.

Posted 17th Feb 2026r/OldSchoolCool

My great grandfather Sam Hill (1884-1978) visiting his childhood home in the 1960's. He was orphaned at age 21 after his father accidentally shot himself (his mother died of childbirth a couple years before). Henderson County NC!

Posted 17th Feb 2026r/TheWayWeWere

My 2nd great grand uncle Columbus Mills Pace (1845-1925) of Henderson County NC! He was the longest serving clerk of court in the states history!

Posted 15th Feb 2026r/OldSchoolCool

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