I do not have the directory information handy. I will take a look next time I go to the library and see if I see any of the aforementioned names. Can anyone else help here? Ellen -----Original Message----- From: Rick Jennings [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 12:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ILOGLE] Photo studios Ellen, Thanks so much for your help! I have begun following your suggestions by following the link to Family Tree Magazine, which looks to be an invaluable resource. I even have a census subscription, but hadn't thought to check the census for the photographers! Can you shed any further light on local business directories? That idea HAD occurred to me, so I wrote the local libraries from the cities involved (Mt. Morris, Oregon and Polo) with decidedly mixed results so far. Thanks to your help I feel like I've already made some progress. Rick -----Original Message----- From: Kennedy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 5:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ILOGLE] Photo studios Family Tree magazine did an article on this which can be found at the following location: http://www.familytreemagazine.com/photos/dec04-03.htm Tin types were used from the 1840's to the 1930's, according to this article. If you can take a look at this and see if you can narrow down the dates of each, it would narrow down the search of each of the photographers. Then there are multiple sources we can look at. So for instance, if we take Joseph Hoskins in the census. He can be found in the 1880 census in Mount Morris age 35 occupation photographer living with Joseph and Elizabeth Thomas. I could not find him in the 1870 or 1900 census for Mount Morris. Next I would try the local directories starting with 1880 going forward and then backward - which I don't have access to at the moment, but narrowing the dates will allow you to request more focused lookups. That would narrow your potential years down significantly. Ellen -----Original Message----- From: Rick Jennings [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 4:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ILOGLE] Photo studios Hello all, I have several undated tintype photographs of people I believe to be my ancestors that were taken in Oregon, Polo and Mt. Morris. Some of the pix have the photographers name and or studio on the back: "F. E. Dwight Photo-Artist" in Oregon, Ogle County; "Joseph Hoskins, Photographer" Mt. Morris; "S. L. Burrill, Photographer" Mt. Morris; "S. S. Johnston Photographer" in Polo; "J. H. Wagoner's Art Gallery" Mt. Morris; "Rowley Bro.'s Photo. Parlors" Oregon. Obviously, I would like to identify the people depicted in the photos; can anyone suggest a way to find out more about these photographers? When they were in business, etc? Thanks for the help, Rick Jennings ==== ILOGLE Mailing List ==== If you have old pictures, biographies, or obituaries of Ogle Co. family that you would like to share with others on the Ogle Co. Genealogy site, please send them to Roger Cramer at [email protected] ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 ==== ILOGLE Mailing List ==== Visit the Ogle Co. Genealogy Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilogle/ Roger Cramer, List and Site Administrator: [email protected] ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 ==== ILOGLE Mailing List ==== If you have a family genealogy site with Ogle Co., IL connections, please send the URL address to Roger Cramer at [email protected] and I will place a link to it on the Ogle Co. Genealogy Site. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237