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 have been researching both my father's and my mother's side of my family history for about 7 years now. I enjoy it very much. It's like finding buried treasure...some good...some bad. It's still part of your family history.