Excuse me for jumping in here, but almost all the old photos that I see are of very stern people. Never smiling and I have always wondered why. Surely there was some dab of happiness in their lives. I do hope so. They always look as if they have been frightened. Any ideas why? Thanks. Jo... Shirley Gordon wrote: > Deanna, thanks. I have seen the marriage licience and her names looks like > it could me Clark or Clarke. Another thing to add to the hunt. I do have > all their childrens names on down to my generation. She has been a brick > wall for me. She is a very stern lookin indian woman. > > At 11:46 AM 2/14/01 -0600, you wrote: > >Shirley, > >I am sure you have this information too, but just in case - > >the Montgomery Marriage Book that I have shows that > > > >Sarah Clark married Samuel Suter on January 15, 1852. > > > >Here again, as with the census, it is not necessarily all the > >information that is shown in the marriage record. Sometimes > >the original marriage record will show the name of the bondsman > >or security, name of minister or justice of the peace, church, etc. > >Not always shown, but sometimes is, and this information may > >or may not be helpful to you. > > > >All of these books we have available to us are good, but there is > >nothing better than looking at the original records or a > >microfilm of them for the most complete and accurate information. > > > >Deanna > > Shirley Gordon > Administrative Secretary > 324 S. Kedzie Hall > Michigan State University > East Lansing, MI 48823-1032 > 517-353-3290 > Fax 517-432-2049

Hi everyone, it appears as if these people were frightened of cameras. Or as you say Jo, pretty unhappy. Maybe they were too tired to smile. At 01:18 PM 2/14/01 -0800, you wrote: >Excuse me for jumping in here, but almost all the old photos that I see are of >very stern people. Never smiling and I have always wondered why. Surely >there was some dab of happiness in their lives. I do hope so. They always look >as if they have been frightened. Any ideas why? Thanks. Jo... > >Shirley Gordon wrote: > > > Deanna, thanks. I have seen the marriage licience and her names looks like > > it could me Clark or Clarke. Another thing to add to the hunt. I do have > > all their childrens names on down to my generation. She has been a brick > > wall for me. She is a very stern lookin indian woman. > > > > At 11:46 AM 2/14/01 -0600, you wrote: > > >Shirley, > > >I am sure you have this information too, but just in case - > > >the Montgomery Marriage Book that I have shows that > > > > > >Sarah Clark married Samuel Suter on January 15, 1852. > > > > > >Here again, as with the census, it is not necessarily all the > > >information that is shown in the marriage record. Sometimes > > >the original marriage record will show the name of the bondsman > > >or security, name of minister or justice of the peace, church, etc. > > >Not always shown, but sometimes is, and this information may > > >or may not be helpful to you. > > > > > >All of these books we have available to us are good, but there is > > >nothing better than looking at the original records or a > > >microfilm of them for the most complete and accurate information. > > > > > >Deanna > > > > Shirley Gordon > > Administrative Secretary > > 324 S. Kedzie Hall > > Michigan State University > > East Lansing, MI 48823-1032 > > 517-353-3290 > > Fax 517-432-2049 Shirley Gordon Administrative Secretary 324 S. Kedzie Hall Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48823-1032 517-353-3290 Fax 517-432-2049

I believe that our relatives were hard working people, they got up at the crack of dawn and went to sleep when it was dark. Most did not have great luxuries in life, so they did not have 100s of photos of their own family members smiling back at them on their hallways or from photo albums. They stood there and took the picture - what the camera captured was who they were with no pretense. Life was hard, but they were making it and able to afford a photo of their family - so life was "getting good" to have this luxury. Shirley Gordon wrote: > Hi everyone, it appears as if these people were frightened of cameras. Or > as you say Jo, pretty unhappy. Maybe they were too tired to smile. > > At 01:18 PM 2/14/01 -0800, you wrote: > >Excuse me for jumping in here, but almost all the old photos that I see are of > >very stern people. Never smiling and I have always wondered why. Surely > >there was some dab of happiness in their lives. I do hope so. They always look > >as if they have been frightened. Any ideas why? Thanks. Jo... > > > >Shirley Gordon wrote: > > > > > Deanna, thanks. I have seen the marriage licience and her names looks like > > > it could me Clark or Clarke. Another thing to add to the hunt. I do have > > > all their childrens names on down to my generation. She has been a brick > > > wall for me. She is a very stern lookin indian woman. > > > > > > At 11:46 AM 2/14/01 -0600, you wrote: > > > >Shirley, > > > >I am sure you have this information too, but just in case - > > > >the Montgomery Marriage Book that I have shows that > > > > > > > >Sarah Clark married Samuel Suter on January 15, 1852. > > > > > > > >Here again, as with the census, it is not necessarily all the > > > >information that is shown in the marriage record. Sometimes > > > >the original marriage record will show the name of the bondsman > > > >or security, name of minister or justice of the peace, church, etc. > > > >Not always shown, but sometimes is, and this information may > > > >or may not be helpful to you. > > > > > > > >All of these books we have available to us are good, but there is > > > >nothing better than looking at the original records or a > > > >microfilm of them for the most complete and accurate information. > > > > > > > >Deanna > > > > > > Shirley Gordon > > > Administrative Secretary > > > 324 S. Kedzie Hall > > > Michigan State University > > > East Lansing, MI 48823-1032 > > > 517-353-3290 > > > Fax 517-432-2049 > > Shirley Gordon > Administrative Secretary > 324 S. Kedzie Hall > Michigan State University > East Lansing, MI 48823-1032 > 517-353-3290 > Fax 517-432-2049

I have read that the people aren't smiling because of how long the exposure time was to take the picture. Could never figure out why that mattered if they smiled or not but maybe it's harder to not move your face during that time if you are smiling? Her is a good web site on photographs, you might find it helpful on dating photos you have. http://www.classyimage.com/picdate.htm Happy hunting and Happy Valentine's Day. Jeanne Coakley Millman Searching: Averitt, Coakley, Warden, Keel and maybe Breeden