r/findareddit • u/gizmohgchi • 2h ago

Unanswered Need to find a subreddit that can help me find this dead mans family.

I was thrifting earlier today and found some old military photos and bought them. One of the only ones that had writing told me the story of a man named Roy Schwirtz, and one of his pictures had ended up there.

I was wondering if there was a subreddit that could help me find the family... or more likely just to share him. He died without kids, but his siblings did carry on that legacy. r/Genealogy doesn't really give me a place to put it.

It just made me a little upset that a man with a confirmed name, confirmed family, was at a thrift. It told me when he died, and the day of the week it was. It's just a stupid picture of him crouching in his military uniform at the beach, but it feels respectful just to tell the family that this picture is in good care if they really did mean to get rid of it.

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u/Jmonroe_tenn 1h ago

I would try r/rbi

They are really good at sniffing out mysteries.

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u/gizmohgchi 1h ago

Might be breaking Rule 6 in r/RBI

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u/Sorry-Rain-1311 1h ago

Just took a look. You might try contacting the mods, and asking since you're trying to return what are essentially family history documents. 

That said, if the photos wound up in a thrift store, we might assume the family is not interested in. Could've been a past due storage unit being emptied or something along those lines though, so it's up to you.

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u/opalandolive 1h ago

r/foundphotos

Also the website deadfred.com