Hi there, I'm wondering if anyone with an Allegany County history would look and see if Towles photography studios are mentioned. I understand there were three studios, Frostburg, Cumberland, and Lonaconing. I'm curious about when the first studio came into being. I have a picture of my great, great grandparents with their baby daughter taken in 1900. The picture says, Frostburg and Cumberland, Towles. So, in 1900, I'm wondering if there was just the two studios? I'm really trying to figure out which studio the picture was taken at, maybe the Lonaconing studio hadn't come into existence yet? I can't imagine that in the year 1900 you would travel very far to a studio to have a picture taken, transportation could not have been that great. I'm guessing my ancestors lived close to one or the other studio. I'm really trying to find where they lived in the year 1900. If anyone can give me some history regarding the Towles Photograpy Studios, I would sure appreciate it. SHEILA **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001)

There are several ways to locate an ancestor in Allegany county other than trying to track the location of a photography studio.  There is the census, city directory, civil birth records which started in MD in 1898.  Also, if you know their religion, you could check out sacramental records at the church of their denomination.  Find out where the archives for the church are stored.   Mary Ellen Chambers --- On Fri, 3/27/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [MDALLEGA] TOWLES STUDIOS To: [email protected] Date: Friday, March 27, 2009, 2:36 PM Hi there, I'm wondering if anyone with an Allegany County history would look and see if Towles photography studios are mentioned. I understand there were three studios, Frostburg, Cumberland, and Lonaconing. I'm curious about when the first studio came into being. I have a picture of my great, great grandparents with their baby daughter taken in 1900. The picture says, Frostburg and Cumberland, Towles. So, in 1900, I'm wondering if there was just the two studios? I'm really trying to figure out which studio the picture was taken at, maybe the Lonaconing studio hadn't come into existence yet? I can't imagine that in the year 1900 you would travel very far to a studio to have a picture taken, transportation could not have been that great. I'm guessing my ancestors lived close to one or the other studio. I'm really trying to find where they lived in the year 1900. If anyone can give me some history regarding the Towles Photograpy Studios, I would sure appreciate it. SHEILA **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

If you check the 1900 census records you can possibly find the address where they lived. It should be printed on the left margin of the census page that they appear on. It will sometimes give their house number and the street name is listed sideways on the margin of the page. Linda Harden-Lantz