Dear Tim, Wish I had an answer to your latest problem-- but, I surley dont ! But, I am wondering if you had received any new information from Dr. Bill Thompson. As I recall he would be back state-side in May. There , he would supply you the family history they got in Gimbsheim, back in the 1970's. I hope we can continue to learn about those early ancestors ! Wishing you well, Allan ----- Original Message ----- From: Timothy W. Kimmel <tkimmel@fwi.com> To: <KIMMEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2000 3:15 PM Subject: [KIMMEL] Philip Kimmel portraits > 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 > ================= >