Tom, see if you can get your hand on this book: "Directory of Pennsylvania Photographers" by Linda A Ries, 1999, 359 pages, published by Pennsylvania History & Museum Commission. Perhaps your larger libraries, if they don't have it, can get it on an inter-library loan. I have seen this book, and it is a great resource. Additionally there is a photography museum in Pittsburgh on the near Northside, on East Ohio Street. If you do some googling you might be able to find it. They might be of some help in determining the studio that you research. I knew some folks who went there on a field trip and they said it was a hidden gem, not too well known. Bella Apr 21, 2011 09:48:20 PM, pawestmo@rootsweb.com wrote: Hi, Received a copy of an old family photo and was told that the back side had an imprint that said "M. E. LOWIS PHOTOGRAPHER, GREENSBURG, PA." It's possible there may be typo's and I'm going to ask for a photocopy of the back of the photo. The photo is probably after 1880 and definitely prior to 1910. In the meantime, has anyone heard of this photographer and the years that he worked (in Greensburg)? I searched using google and mocavo and saw nothing. Also searched ancestry.com census records for Greensburg and Westmoreland County and didn't find anything. Thanks, Tom ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAWESTMO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message