Copy of tintype received from Jim Hays, a descendant of Christian Keck, which shows Christian Keck, b. 3 May 1803 in NC and d. 24 April 1882 in IN with his grandson John Keck, b. ca.1863. John Keck's father, John L. Keck (1837-1864) died in the Civil War and his son John is found with his mother and a sister in the Christian Keck household in the 1880 census.
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...
Tintype photos, also known as ferrotypes, are a type of early photographic process that was popular in the mid-to-late 19th century.
They were photos made on thin sheets of iron, not tin, that were coated with a dark enamel and were widely used from the 1850s through the early 1900s, especially in portrait studios, fairs, and by st...
Churches and the people who led and attended them.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. ~ Dalai Lama XIV
Originally a colony of Great Britain and under the rule of King George III, the Founding Fathers of the United Sates were opposed ...