is a new genealogy site and the only one like it on the web. It is a town with over 4,000 lost family photos, antique paper, and identified genealogy antiques for sale. There are 10,386 surnames. I call myself the "town historian" of Ancestorville, as I currently keep thousands of old ancestors in line and in place, with another 10,000 old dead folks in my collection ready to be categorized and re-introduced to the world. Ancestorville is a town where families meet again. Our facebook page has over 10,000 members and is a very active little facebook town with genealogy chat, weekly classes and a great community of helpers, hope you join us!... Read More
Debra Clifford
Ancestorville Town Historian
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Ancestorville Geneology on Facebook.
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Smith & Titus: 1890-1910 Business Card of 2 Worcester Attorneys, MA. Beautiful early American typography from Massachusetts.
Ambrotypes
(also known as “ambros”) are an image developed on an early glass plate. They are generally placed in antique decorative wooden hinged cases (as seen above) much like daguerreotype photos or “dags”. Most ambrotype photos found today are unsigned, whereby the photographer’s name and whereabouts are unknown and lost forever in time. Occasionally at Ancestorville, we find identified ambrotypes with a family name handwritten on a slip of paper placed inside the case, or taped to the photo, as above. This is an uncommon occurrence, and finding an identified family ambrotype is always a treat.