A portrait of my dashing great-grandfather, Robert Minor, taken around 1889.
Mary Jane Gwynn Minor
Digging For The Roots Beneath An Heirloom Cabinet Card
Mary Jane Minor left no diary, no ledger, no written clues about her daily life, but she did include a photograph of her preacher, Charles W. Tilton, in the Minor Family Album. If this cabinet card, this tangible thing, is an entry point into my great-great-grandmother's life, where can I go? What intersections existed between the lives of … Continue reading Digging For The Roots Beneath An Heirloom Cabinet Card
The Minor Family Album–Provenance
The tooled leather volume resembles a family bible, ornamented by the addition of a bronze latch. The heavy cardstock pages are cut out in the middle allowing for two cabinet cards to be displayed, back to back. A thick gold line frames each photograph. Buckled into the Minor Album are twenty-eight portraits taken between 1860-1900. JUST WHAT DO … Continue reading The Minor Family Album–Provenance
Wordless Wednesday: Minors of Greene County – 1875
With my trusty Flip Pal scanner, I captured this image of a family heirloom. The photograph is snugly framed, with a sturdily nailed backing that I didn't want to disturb. So I did the best I could and scanned from on top of the glass. The image will be useful in identifying other photographs that … Continue reading Wordless Wednesday: Minors of Greene County – 1875
Project 150: It’s 1861. Farm On.
Project 150 is a series of Civil War posts that, taken together, will tell the story of my family's life choices during the years of rebellion. Sources used for today's post include privately held family documents, a Wiki article on the election and the Federal 1860 census accessed at ancestry.com. My great-great-grandparents, F. Marion and … Continue reading Project 150: It’s 1861. Farm On.
Shoots, Roots, and Leaves 