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This database contains approximately 285,000 marriage records from 58 selected parishes (counties) in Louisiana. Records begin as early as 1718 in St. Helens Parish. There are no records for any parishes for the years 1719-1727 and 1729-1733. This database contains marriage records for selected years from 221 selected
counties in five states: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. There are approximately 369,000 records dating from as early as 1720 and continuing to the early 1900s. This database contains marriage records for selected counties and years from 114 counties in Alabama and Georgia. County records were not used for South Carolina; instead, other sources containing marriage records were compiled. This database contains marriage records for selected counties and years from 179 counties in three
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How to Use Women’s Clothing to Identify 19th Century Photographs |
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Clothing styles are always changing. This is as true today as it was centuries ago. Clothing styles even changed every few decades in the Middle Ages as travelers and traders brought back new clothing types from the various different places they had been. You can often identify the approximate age of a portrait painting within a decade or so simply by the style of clothing worn in it. You can
do the same with 19th century photographs. You can even use different clothing styles on women to identify the approximate age of a photo. Men usually wore suits of similar appearance in photographs until the early 20th century.
When you know the approximate place in which a photo was taken, or the family from which it comes, knowing the time period in which it was taken and the approximate age
of the people in it can help you identify, or at least make a good educated guess, at the identity of the people in it.
Here’s how to use the clothing styles of women to aid you in identifying people in 19th century photographs... Read More
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Learning how to identify the time period and people in old family photos is an art. It is also a worthy genealogical endeavor. Here’s how to do it correctly...
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