Tag Archives: Tintype photographs

Frank’s Chicken Notes

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

I know I might be hard to follow sometimes. Anyway… Frank Archambeault once had wrote me in an e-mail that he was living not far away from Plainville. So when I planned my visit to Joe’s place three weeks ago, I … Continue reading →

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Genealogical Expedition

Posted on October 2, 2012 by

I went to see my third cousin Joe last week after my wife and I went to Vermont to visit the Shelburne Museum. While I was at his place, Joe and I scanned all the old pictures he had, and … Continue reading →

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I am still wondering…

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

I am still wondering if this is Sophie Archambeault and the man beside her is her husband Frank Lagasse (1858-1937), another descendant of Stanislas Lagacé I (1816-1900) whom we still don’t  have a picture of. I have his dead certificate though, … Continue reading →

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Unidentified Couple

Posted on September 16, 2012 by

This is going to be interesting. This tintype picture was part of the lot Frank Archambeault sent me two weeks ago. I started wondering who was this unidentified couple… The young woman posing here seemed a bit familiar. Sandy had … Continue reading →

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Frank’s Tintype Pictures

Posted on September 13, 2012 by

Twelve pictures… More if you count this one. All the pictures are related to Jean-Baptiste Archambault who we see here in front of his house. This is not a tintype picture of course. His wife Emélie Mercier is on the … Continue reading →

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Miss Mary Archambeault… I Presume…

Posted on September 12, 2012 by

Frank Archambeault, a distant cousin of mine, scanned and sent me two weeks ago several tintype pictures of the Archambeault family to share with you. Frank has fond memories of his grandmother Myra Alexandre who, back in 2010, was that … Continue reading →

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Meet the Daly Family and the Dubé sisters

Posted on September 3, 2012 by

If Ida Lagasse Lamothe was somewhat of a puzzle, the Daly family was easier to identify because my cousin Dennis filled me in on all the people’s names on the next picture.   Diane Dubé is holding her son John Daly. … Continue reading →

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Still Puzzled?

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

Now I am sure you did not stumble on this blog by chance. I got your attention last time with these tin pictures didn’t I? Pictures that might have found themselves in a garbage truck. Instead somone sent them to … Continue reading →

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Puzzled?

Posted on August 10, 2012 by

Did you stumble on this blog about genealogy by chance? Genealogy attracts a lot of people searching for their ancestors. Last year, Robin, who lives on the West Coast, scanned close to 100 pictures.  I was quite excited about them … Continue reading →

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Genealogy Is Just Like a Big Jigsaw Puzzle

Posted on August 9, 2012 by

Want a proof of that? These pictures Robin had scanned last year. All tin-type pictures. At first the only people I could identify were Myra Alexander and her sister Agnes on this picture. They are in the back wearing the … Continue reading →

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