I have the same problem!! I have tried several search engines with a variety of different keywords but can't find a list of professional photographic studios and their dates of operation. In an ideal world the list would also say where the negatives or customer records went when the company ceased business (if it was somewhere other than the bin!). That may allow us to identify unnamed relatives. Here are some of the photographers whose pictures I have: Lambert, Weston & Son, Dover & Folkestone, Henry Knight, St Leonards-on-Sea, David Hains, Kensington, Mr Nelson, Bayswater, E Swarthwaite, 174 Regent Street, London W, E Swift & Son, 126 Bold Street, Liverpool, Walter A Smith, 18 Brook Street, Ipswich. all second half of 19th century in the UK. Maybe the local and county record offices would have some information but I haven't had the time to try them yet. Tom Kidman -----Original Message----- From: John Parker [mailto:john.parker2280@ntlworld.com] Sent: 26 October 2001 23:11 To: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Vintage Photographer ? Taken from the Scottish - Glasgow list Can anyone help this lady please? Snip> Hello Everyone, This is a shot in the dark but I'm looking for a Jerome Photographers. I found an old picture that I don't know the name of the person on it. On the back it says Jerome and the date 1940. Has anyone heard of this company or how to find out if they existed? Sincerely, Clancy Mulholland Email: jclancy@idirect.com >snip John Parker

Tom, I can help with one name. This info came from "A Directory of London Photographers 1841-1908" by Michael Pritchard. > David Hains, Kensington, 28 Upper Phillimore Place, Kens. W. 1867-87 Originally from Lock and Whitfield's Studio. Regards, Jim Fuller

> In an ideal world > the list would also say where the negatives or customer records went > when the company ceased business (if it was somewhere other than the > bin!). Wouldn't that be wonderful!! It would be a very, very large list. If anyone has queries about Ontario (Upper Canada or Canada West) photographers, I might be able to help. There is a list -- two books worth in fact -- that gives only names, locations, and dates. In particular if you have a photographer from Peterborough County, contact me. I think I will be writing the book on photographers from that county.

RE:- > In an ideal world > the list would also say where the negatives or customer records went > when the company ceased business (if it was somewhere other than the > bin!). Here in the U K local libraries often know if, and where, records of extinct business records are kept. Many local libraries Web and Postal addresses can be found at; http://www.earl.org.uk/familia I believe that All U K libraries will be online within 6 months or so. John Parker in Ayrshire, Scotland Researching LAWRENCE - Canterbury - from c1812, Wandsworth, Battersea HUELIN - Jersey & London from 1800 PARKER - Forest Gate, London and Rochford, Essex from 1880 BURNS - Glasgow (Lanarkshire) & Ayrshire from 1840 Photo's of HUELIN'S and LAWRENCE'S at http://homepages.about.com/saracen/parker_lawrence_huelin/ Family Tree at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~parhuelaw --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.291 / Virus Database: 156 - Release Date: 25/10/01