Hi...I came across this photo. Would you know if they had a daughter named Deborah Blevins b1828 d1893? She married my GGrandfather Wiley Burton b1830 died after 1870? They have a son Francis Marion Burton b1847 d1933. Back in those days it was tradition to name their first born was named after the wife's father. Thank you! Debbie Burton-Porter [contact link]
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...
Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.
From 1900 through 1999 we witnessed the beginning of flight to a man on the moon and a Mars Rover. We went from using phones tethered by cords and computers that filled rooms, to carrying the equivale...
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...
Journey Through Time: Capturing North Carolina's Rich Heritage in Photographs.
In the 1700s, North Carolina evolved from a primarily agrarian society into a burgeoning colony. It was instrumental in the American Revolution, hosting events like the Battle of Guilford Courthouse i...