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Album Rescue Project: Photos 28-30

baysideresearch — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:30:43 +0000

The next three photos were displayed in a row on one of the pages in the album.

Photo 28

Photo 29

Photo 30

Unfortunately, nothing was written on the back of these photos.

Album Rescue Project: Photos 26 and 27

baysideresearch — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:22:44 +0000

The little girl who’s been featured in many of the photos in the album so far looks so grown up in this next photo:

Photo 26

I’m beginning to think that she was the original owner of this album. Take a look at the bouquet around her neck. I wonder how typical an accessory that was back then…

Photo 27

This photo is peculiar for a few reasons. 1) It’s printed on postcard stock; 2) the angle of the head of the girl on the left is strange to me — I wonder if she moved while the photo was being taken; 3) there is a strange mark in the background behind the woman on the right. I can’t tell if it’s ink or part of the photo.

Historic Easton Has a New Web Site!

baysideresearch — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:11:50 +0000

Please visit http://www.historiceastoninc.net/ to learn more about Historic Easton’s current projects and how to get involved!

Album Rescue Project: Album 1, Photos 24-25

baysideresearch — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:48:26 +0000

Here’s a photo with a rather artsy angle to it:

Photo 24

I’m not completely convinced that the people in this photo are related to those we’ve already met. Partly because of the paper this is printed on:

Reverse of Photo 24 (postcard markings)

I do recognize at least one of the girls in this next photo:

Photo 25

Album Rescue Project: Album 1, Photos 22-23

baysideresearch — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:41:00 +0000

I love this next photo. Note that the girls are standing in a stream:

Photo 22

Might the water below be where they were standing? It seems to be moving pretty rapid here:

Photo 23

Album Rescue Project: Photos 20-21

baysideresearch — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:46:34 +0000

More from Red Bridge Park today, at least in this next photo:

Photo 20

Reverse of Photo 20

The next photo isn’t labeled on the back, but I’m willing to wager that this scene on a swingset is from the same park:

Photo 21

Album Rescue Project: Album 1, Photos 18-19

baysideresearch — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:33:07 +0000

Here are the next photos from Album 1. Could this next image also be from Red Bridge Park? It doesn’t have any writing on the back unfortunately:

Photo 18

The next image is a funny one, with the two women posed among the reeds:

Photo 19

This photo doesn’t have any writing on the back either. I think I recognize the girl who featured in many of the earlier photos on the right with the bow on the side of her head.

Album Rescue Project: Album 1, Photos 16-17

baysideresearch — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:17:04 +0000

Here are the next two photos from Album 1. They don’t reveal much, but they are great photos nonetheless:

Photo 16

So that isn’t a rogue photo corner that got caught in the scanner — this photo had another one attached to it in the album. I was able to remove the photo, but didn’t want to risk damaging this photo further by trying to remove the paper corner.

Reverse of Photo 16 "Aunt Bert"

I love this next photo:

Photo 17

Reverse of Photo 17 "Sept. 1915"

Stop SOPA

baysideresearch — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:41:00 +0000

Valentine Corley

baysideresearch — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:30:01 +0000

My fifth great-grandfather, Valentine Corley, passed away this day in 1803 at the age of 82. Before writing this post, I didn’t have any direct sources of information about him. His death date came from the Family Data Collection on Ancestry, which also lists his wife as Sarah Walker. Valentine lived and died in Virginia.

In preparation for this post however, I did another search for records for Valentine and found another Ancestry member posted scans and a transcription of Valentine’s will. The will verifies that his wife’s name was Sarah and also reveals that they owned several slaves by the names of Betty, Ruth, David, Sarah, Lucy, Fanny, Pleasant, Wiat, Daniel and Rob. The names of Valentine’s children also appear: Aggathy, Ann, Mary, Milly, Asa, Caniel (my 4th great-grandfather) and William.