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[Photo Album #1 Hawley Sherwood] Civil War Era Photo Album Hawley Sherwood Families of Connecticut Surnames: Hawley, Sherwood, Hall, Van Gasbeck, Haywood, Schneider, Beers, Richards, Johnstone.	30 identified CDVs & tintypes, Civil War era
[Photo Album #2 Fobes] Civil War Era Fobes Family Photo Album Surnames: Fobes, Tucker, Curtis, Gilbert, Peabody, Spear, Blake, Mansfield, Bassett, Botton, Williston, Nilliston, Kimbal, Daniels, Sutherland, Schaffner, Keith, Towne, Low, Wilder, Holden, Whitemore Locations: Massachusetts, New York, Illinois	27 identified CDVs & tintypes circa 1860s including 2 Civil War Soldiers
Photo Album #3 Remley] Civil War Era Remley Family Photo Album Surnames: Remley, McCrim, Cunningham, Broadwell, Rider, Traylor, Igasham?, Hopkins, Mason, Haines Locations: Ohio	Album dated 1864. 48 CDVs & 2 tintypes total. 10 identified CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tintypes, 2 Civil War Officer photos
[Photo Album #4 Dallas Texas] Civil War Era Dallas Texas Family Photo Album Surnames: Jancso, Floyd, Robertson, Slack, Peters, Atkinson, Caster, Carter Locations: Dallas Texas, Kentucky	38 vintage, original albumen photographs on CDV and 10 tintypes (7 in paper frames) 3 Confederate Army Civil War Soldiers. 17 photos identified by name
[Photo Album #5 Taylor] Civil War Era Taylor Family Photo Album Surnames: Taylor, Johnson, Gaston, Miller, Peters, McFadden, Slaven(s), Whitcomb, Vickery, Talbot, Falby, Hendricks, Burgess, Smith, Vralet Locations: Iowa, Ohio	Album inscribed Sarah J. Tayler Album Presented by Thomas Taylor June 1871 50 CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tintypes, all identified. Includes 2 photos of Civil War Soldiers
[Photo Album #6 Ross] Civil War Era Ross Family Photo Album Surnames: Ross Locations: New Jersey, New York	39 CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tntypes, circa 1860s. 12 photos identified. Civil War General in full uniform
[Photo Album #7 Derr] Civil War Era Derr Family Photo Album Surnames: Derr, Prehn, Bartholomew, Stahl, Bushnell, Austen, Ward, Beavis, Brownlee, Garman, Gray, Green, Carter, Furst, Newcomb, Mott, Beck, Field, Wilson Locations: Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania	Inscription Mr. & Mrs. R. Derr, Ney Defiance Co. Ohio 50 CDVs (Cartes de Visites), daguerotypes & tintypes, circa 1855-1870. All identified. Some are neighbors of the Derr family
[Photo Album #8 Haskell Carpenter] Civil War Era Photo Album Haskell & Carpenter Families of New England Surnames: Haskell, Carpenter, Hunt, Wakefield, Thayer, Danson, Garland, Foster, Aldrich, Angell, Whillock/Whibock, Hill, Hunt, Scott, Wilmarth Locations: Providence Rhode Island, Littleton New Hampshire, Woonsocket Rhode Island, Worcester Massachusetts, Boston Massachusetts, Uxbridge Massachusetts	40 Civil War era CDVs, all identified
[Photo Album #9 Clarke] Civil War Era Photo Album Clarke Family of New York Surnames: Clarke, Brightman, Price, Hull, Coon, Brown, Chandal, Langworthy, Burdick, Eggleston Locations: Brookfield New York, Milton Wisconsin, Chicago Illinois	35 CDVs & tintypes. 30 identified photos
[Photo Album #10 Fryer] Civil War Era Photo Album Fryer Family of New York Surnames: Fryer, Becker, Oliver, Shoudy, Crouse, Pangburn, Schoolcraft, Livingston, Wrigth, Lendrum, Spawn, Bloomingdale, Bardhuff, Barkhuff, Frederick, Lidden Locations: New York	Two Albums. 93 CDVs & tintypes photos total, 86 are identified by name. Civil War era
[Photo Album #11 Fryer] Civil War Era Photo Album Fryer Family of New York Surnames: Fryer, Oliver, Relyea, Tygert, Ludden, McChesney, Barkhoff, Course, Hurst, Becker, English, Ostrander, Wormer, Elross, Elsass, baumer, McGie, Youngs, Mogan, Van Auken, Hennessy, Waggoner, Gallup, Blessing, Voorheis Locations: New York	Two Albums. 93 CDVs & tintypes photos total, 86 are identified by name. Civil War era
[Photo Album #12 Spencer Kilman] Civil War Era Photo Album Spencer and Kilman Families of Niagara area Ontario Canada Surnames: Spencer, Carrow, Kilman, Killman, Watts, Andrews, Bullock, Smith, Garner, Sternburgh, Daniels, McCall, Storey, Olds, Ward, Davis, Hutt, Monroe, Miller, Stewart, Palmerton, Glover Locations: Toronto, Pelham, Simcoe, St Catharines, Brantford, Canada West, Dunnville, Otterville, Niagara Falls, Drummondville, Hamilton, Thorold	49 Civil War era CDVs & tintypes, 44 are identified by name. 1 funeral card
[Photo Album #13 Moser Ziler] Moser, Ziler, Siler, Dietrich Photo Album of Ontario Surnames: Moser, Ziler, Dietrich, Desjardine, Mahoney Locations: Dashwood, Exeter, Berlin, Walkerton. The families appear to have lived in Waterloo and Middlesex Counties Ontario.	late 1800s, early 1900s. 26 Cabinet Card photos, 2 locks of long blonde hair tied with faded pink ribbon. 12 photos identified
[Photo Album #14 Hanchette] Civil War Era Photo Album of Mrs. W. D. Hanchette CDVs & tintypes Surnames: Hanchette, Bissell, Sigmund, Warren, Hirradale?, Doolittle, Knapp, Graham, Cottrell, Harding: Locations: Philadelphia Pennsylvania	Inscription inside front cover "Mrs. W. D. Hanchette" 20 tintypes, 7 photos identified by name
[Photo Album #15 Hoover] Civil War Era Photo Album Hoover family of Pennsylvania Surnames: Hoover, Herr, Groff, Souders Locations: Lancaster Pennsylvania	24 cdvs Civil War era, 8 identified by name
[Photo Album #16 Lee Willson Badenoch]LEE, WILLSON, BADENOCH Family Photo Album of Brant County, Ontario Surnames: Lee, Willson, Badenoch, Pepper, Shaver, Muma, Edwards, Blundy, Weaver, Clark, Lever, Green, Drake, Mannen, Bell, Jacobs, heron, Kitchen Locations: Brantford, London, Ingersoll (all in Ontario Canada) and Little Falls New York	46 CDVS, 45 are identified by name. circa 1860s, 1870s
[Photo Album #17 Neilson] Neilson Family of Esquesing Township, Halton County Ontario. [55 photos & documents] Surnames: Stark, Brownridge, Joyce, Wilson, Graham, Lawson, Newton, Aitkens. Locations: Esquesing Township, Halton County, Dresden, Guelph, Milton, Prince Albert Saskatchewan, Detroit Michigan, Hespeler, Puslinch Township, Wellington County, St. Catharines, Hamilton, Georgetown, Brampton, Acton, Mansewood, Charlemont, Dawn Township, Lucan	[NOT AVAILABLE]
[Photo Album #18 Barnum Raymond Pickard] Barnum Raymond Pickard Family of New York Surnames: Barnum, Raymond, Marcellus, Pickard, Gould, Woodworth, Humphrey, Cox, Babcock, Candee, Caudee Locations in New York: Syracuse, Red Creek, Lowville, Binghampton, Gouverneur, Carthage, Copenhagen, Pulaski; Sharpsburg Pennsylvania; Rochelle, Illinois	Album patented 1882. 35 Cabinet Cards, 14 are identified by name. 4 Funeral Cards with names & dates
[Photo Album #19 Hele Kingsford] Hele & Kingsford Family Devon England to Oxford Co. Ontario [117 photos] Surnames: Kingsford, Hele, Buncher, Healey, McGregor, Woodrow, Thomas, Carter, Leach, Yates, Chittenden, Lossing Locations: Devon England, Lowell Massachusetts, Newaygo Co. Michigan, North Norwich Ontario, Cheltenham England, Exeter, Aldeburgh, Torquay, Brantford Ontario, Montreal Quebec, Detroit Michigan, Bucklan, London England, Plymouth, Notting Hill, Newton Abbot, Cornhill, Penrith	[NOT AVAILABLE]
[Photo Album #20 Skinner] Skinner Family Scotland and Ontario [46 photos] Surnames: Skinner, Brown, Smith, Yemen, Welsh, Wallace, Cousins, Pugsley, Wilson, Young, Scroggie, Locations: Brantford Ontario, St. Paul [Minnesota?], Hamilton Ontario, Ottawa Ontario, Norfolk Co. Ontario, Scotland, Ingersoll Ontario, West Bay City, Simcoe Ontario, Cobourg Ontario, Aberdeen, Hamilton Ontario	[NOT AVAILABLE]
[Photo Album #21 Wallace Dean]WALLACE, DEAN, MITCHELL, JOHNSTON Family Photo Album of Bruce & Huron County, Ontario Surnames: Wallace, Dean, Mitchell, Johnston Locations: Lucknow, Ripley, Kincardine, Bruce Co., Goderich, Huron Co., Clinton, Orangeville, Marquette Michigan	[NOT AVAILABLE]
[Photo Album #22 Oxner Dykema]Oxner Family Photo Album Surnames: Oxner, Dykeman, Jonkman Locations: Holland Michigan	Album belonged to Adrian John Oxner, includes 2 pages of Family Register 1863 from Dykema Family Bible, 1 page register for Oxner family, 8 identified cabinet cards & tintypes, 2 business cards with photos ca 1910
[Photo Album #23 A Quaker Family - Maulsby Edwards]Maulsby Edwards Family Photo Album Surnames: Maulsby, Edwards, Huddle, Love, Coates, Davis, Babcock, Hillman, Culin, Ford, Yarrow, Sackett Locations: Pennsylvania, New Jersey	44 identified photos. 13 Cabinet Cards (1880-1890), 25 CDVs (1860-1880), 1 tintype and the remainder miscellaneous
[Photo Album #24 Santelman Steffanhagen Family] Santelman Steffanhagen Family Photo Album Surnames: Santelman, Steffanhager, Steffanhagen, Koehn,Pigorzs, Landivehr?, Gohrke, Grimm, Algrihm, Koch, Berlin Locations: Minnesota, Illinois,	1880s-1890s Cabinet Cards with some earlier tintypes. 46 identified photo slots in this album but only 33 photos
[Photo Album #25 Wightman Patee Family] Wightman Patee Family Photo Album Surnames: Pattee, Newton, Wightman, Bushnell, Fidler, Noyes, Heath, Deane, Newton, Hurlbut, Gross, Bingham, Wheeler, Smith, Ballard Locations: Vermont, New York	early tintypes (ca 1860), CDV (Cartes de Visite) ca 1860-1870 and later cabinet cards. 38 photos and one funeral card.
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