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by Maureen A. Taylor
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 Monday, April 25, 2011
A Picture Pile-up
Posted by Maureen
I love unusual surnames. It's probably because my last name and many of my ancestral surnames often end up on those top 10 lists of popular names.
Laurie Clement has a great chance to identify the folks in her unidentified image. She thinks this large family group shares the surname of Burkepile.
All she needs is a date and she's on her way.
I think this could be an impromptu itinerant photo studio shot. The whole family is standing in front of a white backdrop that looks suspiciously like a sheet. Mom, Dad and seven children stare directly at the camera. There's a single boy in the back row. Finding this family in the census should be possible.
The tight dress sleeves and hairstyles suggest a date of circa 1900. It's a great picture of a family caught on the cusp of a new century.
A quick look at the 1900 federal census using HeritageQuest Online (available through many libraries) found families of Burkepiles living in Kansas, Ohio, Oregon and Pennsylvania. I didn't find any obvious matches, but Laurie and her distant cousins are working on a solution.
My fingers are crossed!
Solve your family photo mysteries with these books by Maureen A. Taylor:
Preserving Your Family Photographs
Fashionable Folks: Hairstyles 1840-1900
Finding the Civil War in Your Family Album
1900-1910 photos | children | group photos
Monday, April 25, 2011 8:39:36 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) 
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