I have come into possession of a beautiful old photo album. You can view it online at: http://www.photoaccess.com/share/guest.jsp?ID=AE7C2626822&cb=PA The album was patented in 1890 The photos range from about 1840 - 1900 NAMES MENTIONED ================== CARNS, COUTS, EGGLESTON, HALE, McDONNEL, McELERHAN, MEAD, PEARSON, PIKE, SWANDER PLACES ======= ALLIANCE, NE - CLARINDA and LeMARS, IOWA - RAPID CITY, SD PHOTOS ======== Mr. Mead - Fry Fotograpfer, Clarinda, Iowa Mell Couts - Photographer S P. Forney - Clarinda, Iowa Uncle Johnie Hale, J.P. Mr. & Mrs. J. P. Hale and Hesper (crossed out) Ethel Hesper Hespers sister Ethel Alice (McElerhan) Hale (Mrs. J. P. ??) Grandma Pike Alice and Mame Grandmother Alice McEllerhan Grandma Eggleston Naomi unknown man - photo from R.I. DABB - Le Mars, IA Nellie, Min, Carrie & Celia - photog W. C. Passmore; Alliance, NE SWANDER Viola C., age 31 Harry, age 50 in 1896 - photog W. J. Collins, Rapid City, SD ==================== (key to dates Harry b. ~ 1846) Harry and Edna - photog W. J. Collins, Rapid City, SD EGGLESTON, N. (Georges wife) - photog W.J. Collins, Lakota Block 7th St., Rapid City, SD Eggleston Family - photog E. B. Kinman, West Side Square, Over J.M. Davis Clothing Store, Clarinda, Iowa EGGLESTON, J.C. age 59 SWANDER, Edward H. age 11 SWANDER, Harry V. age 5 (photo ~ 1851) HALE, Ethel age 3 (Ethel b. ~ 1848) McDONNEL, Lulu - photog W. J. Collins, - Lakota Block, 7th St., Rapid City, SD CARNS, J friend PEARSON, Alice age 6-1/2 Edith age 5 Helen age 11 mo. Research reveals: 1897-1898 M. Alice McElheran & John P. Hale living in Lawrence, SD, with children Lloyd Preston and Noel Mack Hale being born there in 1897 and 1898 ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com ============================== 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 ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com