Thank you very much for the information, Dale. I'll let my cousin know. - H On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 [email protected] wrote: > Heather, > > Although many Civil War soldiers had their pictures taken (they called them > "likenesses" at that time), there was no official or systematic process by > which this was done by the governments or armies involved. All photos taken were > at the initiative and expense of the individual photographed. Ferrotypes > (usually called "tintypes") were fairly expensive, one-of-a-kind images costing as > much as $5, a substantial expense for the time. The glass plate negative / > albumen print process yielded substantially cheaper photos, but many > photographers did not have access to the print paper which came from France, > particularly Southern photographers whose paper supply was impeded by the blockade. > > Dale West > > > ==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== > More Lawrence County information can be found at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~molawre2/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >