Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...
I am a native of Cambria County, PA,
where all my ancestors were from --
1700s forward. Surnames I'm researching
are Shaffer (Andrew & Sara Cain),
Sharrar (George & Margaret), Stutzman,
(Jacob & Lydia Hildebrand & Catherine
Knavel/Knabel), Stutzman(Eli & Sarah
Yoder), and Gillin/Gillen (John and
Frances Smith Gillin).