This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Venia Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/UGB.2ACI/10.247.1012.1253.1249.1301.1303 Message Board Post: Hi! I'm sorry that I am so late in replying to your query. My aunt was Cecile Venia, for years her studio was in Toledo at 2727 Monroe St, Toledo, 6, Ohio until about 1960. She then mopved two doors down at 2725 Monroe Street. Cecile studied photography with Lionel Hyman at the Drake Hotel in Chicago. Aunt Cec specialized in Weddings and studio photography. I think somewhere I have a copy of your Madonna portrait. She was known for a few more, mostly featuring my cousins. One is my cousin Jean Marie Venia dressed in informal country clothing with a straw hat. Another is of my twin cousins, Bill and Bob Russ as altarboys/choirboys. Again, this one was a Christmas Card. Before her death, her equipment was donated to Lourdes College, Sisters of St. Francis, Sylvania, Ohio. They may have further information on other portraits. If I can help you any further, please do not hesitate to contact me. Mary Clark