I would appreciate one of the dating photo PDF files. I am scanning some photos from Floyd County which I can identify because of death dates (1860s and 1870s), but I have a lot of unknowns. Thanks George Halstead At 10:19 AM 3/13/2005, you wrote: >Dear listers > >If anyone would like information on dating old photographs I can send a >PDF file entitled "Photography as a Tool in Genealogy" to whomever wants >one. I found it on a photography site a few years ago but it look like >they've removed it now. This file explains the difference between >ambrotypes, tin types, etc. and includes original price, the date range >that they were produced, how they were packaged, etc. etc., and TONS of >other info that would help a person decide just what kind of picture they have. > >Because of this file, I was able to solve the mystery of why I had a >cardboard-backed photo of a 80 year old ancestress who died in 1855! >Turns out it is a rare Calotype, which are only found now in museums. >They were produced from 1845-1855 (approx). The problem with them is that >the image faded quickly and now most images are only ghostly shadows of >the original. I scanned it and ran it through photoshop elements, which >worked wonders to bring back a lot of the details of the original. > >If anyone would like a copy of this file, please let me know and I will >send it to them. > >Judy > > >Richard & Judy Landauer >[email protected] >AIM: judylandauer > > >==== NYCAYUGA Mailing List ==== >Have you visited the NYGenWeb project home page lately? >http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenweb > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx