What a marvelous idea!!  Will upload what we have to  the Clare, Mayo, Waterford & Wexford lists.  A few months ago, I received a thank you for putting the picture of my Gran's brother on our Ancestry tree.  It seems that the family of his wife, in Chicago, were seeking data on her family and their spouses.  The tree with picture came up.  The original was above the hearth in their home in Mayo.  He is holding the bridle with his favorite race horse.  Perhaps someone out there have pictures of some of our ancestors.       We have one of my husband's great grandmother, done about 1873 in Dublin by a photographer LENNON.  How this obviously elderly lady got to Dublin from Kilmore in County Wexford to have it taken is mystery.  The story is that it was the practice of many parents, knowing they and their children would never see one another again, would have this done.  Just the cost of a train or coach up to Dublin and then the picture would have been expensive, but it was done.  We have this lovely photo of Mary nee MURPHY CLARKE to pass along to future generations. Mary Ellen Chambers

Isn't that a sad thought? But true. Sweet story. Christina Mary Ellen Chambers wrote: > The story is that it was the practice of many parents, knowing they and their children would never see > one another again, would have this done. Just the cost of a train or coach up to Dublin and then the picture would have been expensive, but it was done. We have this lovely photo of Mary nee MURPHY CLARKE to pass along to future generations.