Here's a puzzle. Those who have seen "Records of the Kimmel and Related Families," a family history by Charles Messner, have seen the pictures of Johann Michael, Johann Philip, Henry, Peter and Singleton Kimmel. His son and cousins do not know where he found the pictures or what happened to his copies. Some relatives got miniature copies of Michael and Philip. I had been told by others that they came from the Admiral Husband Kimmel's family. An old Henderson newspaper article confirmed that the family at least had the Philip Kimmel portrait. Well, I finally got copy of the Philip Kimmel portrait associated with the Admiral Kimmel family. It is in the book "Kentucky Ante-bellum Portraiture" (pages 298-299) that I requested from the librarian at Henderson. I have posted the write-up from the book on a page of my web site at http://www2.fwi.com/~tkimmel/Doc-Antebellum.htm and the portrait at http://www2.fwi.com/~tkimmel/Phil001c.jpg . Compare to the portrait Charles Messner photographed that I posted at http://www2.fwi.com/~tkimmel/Phil001a.jpg . The pose and outfit is the same, but the portraits are obviously not the same! So I am back at square one: where on earth did Charles Messner find the portraits of Johann Michael, Johann Philip, etal. that appeared in his family history and what happened to his copies? --Tim Kimmel =================