The Mad Genealogist

Here is a web site of original Civil War photographs which  are truly amazing.  They were taken in Washington, DC,  Gettysburg, Fairfax & Fredericksburg, VA,  and various other  locations.  Here are the directions for using the web  site.

• Run the cursor over the photograph and the picture.
• Caption will pop up.
• Click  photo to enlarge.

Truly fortunate that so many of these have survived. Probably a million wet plate photos were made during  the civil war on glass plate.  Popular during the war, they  lost their appeal afterwards and so many were sold for the  glass.  Many used in green houses. Over the years the sun  caused the images to disappear.

The NC State Archives announced today that the newspaper digitization project is now available online – http://www.archives.ncdcr.gov/newspaper/index.html

They have digitized many papers — from their site, “These materials
include papers dating from 1752-1890s from cities like Edenton
(1787-1801), Fayetteville (1798-1795), Hillsboro (1786), New Bern
(1751-1804), Salisbury (1799-1898), and Wilmington (1765-1816) – a total
of 23,483 digital images that are keyword searchable.”

Janet Wagniere, SCHS Secretary, emailed me that the The Shenandoah county Historical Society web site has just recently added an extensive amount of research on African Americans in Shenandoah County to their web site at  www.shenandoahcountyhistoricalsociety.org. One of the SCHS board members, Nancy Stewart, conducted an intense research on this subject.  Since it is such a specialized study, it may be of interest to those doing African American research in this area of Virginia.

I ran across this on a rootsweb list and was posted by Nancy of http://www.thepastwhispers.com. I just enjoy seeing these old places, (some of which are now gone forever). Even if you don’t have ancestors from these places, the photos are just become fun to look at.

Lincoln County, MS:

• Vintage Views of Brookhaven MS - http://old-new-orleans.com/Brookhaven.html
• Residences of Old Brookhaven – http://old-new-orleans.com/Brookhaven_2.html
• Whitworth College Brookhaven MS Photos bet 1880-1900 -  http://old-new-orleans.com/MS_Whitworth_College.html
• Vintage Views of Lincoln County, MS -  http://old-new-orleans.com/Lincoln_County.html

Claiborne County, MS:

• Vintage Views of Port Gibson, MS -  http://old-new-orleans.com/Port_Gibson.html

Copiah County, MS:

I received this link in an email. I am a military buff and I enjoy viewing old photos like theses.If you are a Civil War buff, you might enjoy these amazing photos also.  A lot are really morbid though. To Enlarge the picture and get further clarification, click on the pictures.  If you are a history buff you will enjoy this site! Original Photographs from the Civil War