I think I have some outside photos of people posing in front of houses and sitting in carriages from the 1870's and 1880's. 1865 seems highly unusual, but not outright impossible. Do you have the original photograph? Seems like the original would have some sort of identifying information. As a matter of fact, photos made between 1864 and 1866 were required to have a tax stamp affixed to them. Bill Davis At 05:04 AM 11/12/2005, you wrote: >Hi - > >At the risk of being 'off topic', starting a thread or even worse - >being ignored ... > >Today, I received a photograph purported to be my gg-grandfather >Robert Carroll King (bn 1817) and his family of Locust in Carroll Co. >In the picture, the oldest person (RCKing ?) appears to be 45 or so. >Hard to say considering their hard, rural life. > >The youngest girl (bn 1862) in the photo would have been 2 - 3 yrs >which would date the picture in 1865. > >The photo is not from a photographer's studio, but along a roadside. > >Question - what might be the earliest that an itinerary photographer >might have been hitting the country roads of this area of Kentucky? > >Thanks, >Don > > >==== KYCARROL Mailing List ==== >Genealogy: Its not a hobby, its an obsession > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.8 - Release Date: 11/9/2005