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Jun 4, 2016 · In images that are both unsettling and strangely poignant, families pose with the dead, infants appear asleep, and consumptive young ladies elegantly recline, the disease not only taking...
Apr 27, 2017 · FamilySearch Photos: Find your ancestors in FamilySearch’s collection of user submitted family photos. The special search area makes it easy to look through online images, download them to your computer, or even add your own collection to help other researchers.
Rolf Wappenschmitt. Producer: Northmen: A Viking Saga. Rolf Wappenschmitt is known for Northmen: A Viking Saga (2014), Divided We Stand (2022) and Bye Bye Harry! (2006).
Places to Find German Genealogy Records and Databases Online. General FamilySearch Genealogy Records - Germany (requires free registration; to view some of the images you must be at an LDS Family History Center or a FamilySearch affiliated library). Includes some German baptism, marriage, and death indexes, and other items.
One of the more exciting discoveries in doing family history research is finding a photograph of your ancestors or their residence. Finding historic postcard photos and drawings of towns and important events throughout history can also give you a visual look into your ancestors lives.
Post-mortem photography sought to capture more than merely the image of the deceased. A common technique was the “last sleep,” where the deceased’s eyes were closed and they were posed reclining on a bed, a settee or in the arms of a living family member to provide the impression of peaceful rest.