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 was born marsha effelberg - birth mother was Elizabeth effelberg. Short after i was placed into a foster home and later right before age 5 was adopted by kenneth hale merrill and betty joan merrill. Before i was adopted they adopted a daughter Paula marie merrill- Ken had a daughter denise merrill from a previous marriage and betty had david albert merrill and richard allen merrill from a previous marriage,