These 3 identified cabinet cards came to me from the United States and oh my, this "detective" girl did a happy dance! Look at all the information, hand-written on them! Whomever these photos belonged to, who so lovingly recorded so many important genealogical details of the family history, should be awarded a golden star for … Continue reading Dr. Michael W. O’Keefe and Persis née Thompson

Here's another batch of photos that came to me from German ebay, most of them labelled. They seem to belong together and I'm so happy that they have stayed together all these years. When I come across a batch like this, I don't know if to laugh or to cry. I am excited to do … Continue reading Families Grein, Wenzel and Schneider from Frankfurt

Anne Emilie née Feddersen and Friedrich Johannes Seifert These two photos came to me from German ebay together with the photo of Amandus Mügge from my previous blogpost. It is always a pleasure to find photos from my own home city of Hamburg in Germany. And eventhough the persons are just named as "mother's mother" … Continue reading Friedrich Johannes Seifert and wife Anne Emilie from Hamburg

Finally I could research someone from my homecity Hamburg! This young man came to me from the German ebay. The name hand-written on this CDV is Amandus Mügge and the year 1885. Young Amandus appears to be not older than 15-18 years old in this photo, so I set out to look for someone with … Continue reading Amandus Mügge from Hamburg

This lovely photo also came to me from Chase Benjamin Antiques as part of our Christmas gift swap. Look at all the names on the back of the photo! It says that these were the "children's ages at Anna's death". It also says that "Anna died on March 13th, 1909". But did you notice that … Continue reading The children of Anna Wank née Schroeder

It is seldom that I find a tintype photo that is identfied with the sitter's name, not to mention his date of birth and death. So when I saw this tintype on sale on Etsy, I had to get it. It came to me from the United States. I was curious to find out about … Continue reading Parker Nichols, a Civil War hero

Elmer Brown, Sheffield, Iowa Little Elmer's photo came to me from the same Etsy seller in the United States who sent me the photos of the Goppinger sisters, Lorena Storck and the Ellis sisters (please see my previous three blogposts). Although I have not been able to reach out to Elmer's direct descendents, I have … Continue reading Elmer E. Brown from Iowa

This faded cabinet card, taken in Sheffield, Iowa, came to me together with the photos of the Goppinger sisters and Lorena Storck from my previous two blogposts. I've tried to enhance the faded image as best as I could so that the faces are somewhat more recognisable. The handwritten note that came with the photo … Continue reading Sisters Leila, Gwendolyn and Irma Ellis

Lorina "Lo" Storck This photo came to me together with the photo of the Goppinger sisters. It says: "Lo Storck Henry's youngest sister" At first I did not see a connection between the two photos. But after I had researched the Goppinger sisters, I had found out that these girls later became sisters-in-law! Henry Storck … Continue reading Lorena “Lo” Storck Piper