I have a great collection of my great grandmothers old photos. The pictures on the front are in excellent condition but I have no idea who any of them are. You can tell at some point someone wrote on the backs of the pictures but that has long since faded and you can ony see a letter or two. . Is there anyway to "bring out" the writing to identify them or is there a type of compnay that provides a service such as this? Any help would greatly be appreciated.
Michelle

If you have a scanner and a program like photoshop elements, try scanning the back, and then using the enhancement tools in the program to increase contrast, or to change the lighting/shadows. If you have a Mac computer, IPhoto has those tools standard.
The other thing you might do is put some of them on the Sangamon message board with the family names that you think they belong to, and see if anyone else can help. I have had some luck with that approach.

The previous suggestion is excellent. Needs a good scnner though. Make sure you set your scanner to the top quality scan possible.

A UV lamp might also do it. Stamp collectors often have these.

Alternatively your local policeman might be able to help! There are all sorts of ways detectives read things that all but invisible !