Exploring your family history can be a fascinating journey, and finding old photos can bring your genealogical research to life. These images offer a visual […]
Genealogy
Old Photographs, Part 3 – Timeline
1816: Nicéphore Niépce combines the camera obscura with photosensitive paper. 1826: Niépce creates a permanent image. 1834: Henry Fox Talbot creates permanent (negative) images using paper soaked in […]
Genealogy
Old Photographs, Part 2
Handling Handling photographs requires causing as little undue stress as possible, such as tearing, bending, folding, abrasions, and staining of the surface of the image. […]
Genealogy
Old Photographs, Part 1
Photographs have a base material coated with a light sensitive emulsion. Daguerreotypes use a copper sheet coated with silver. They are displayed behind glass covers […]