One of my favorite moments from estate sales is years ago, when I saw an antique photo in a nice frame. It was a picture of a young couple with a nice horse and buggie. It was being sold for only $40.

I asked the estate sale lady if they were sure they wanted to sell it. A man came up and said that he was the owner, and yes... it was for sale.

I looked at him a minute, looked over the photo, then did some quick math.

"You really shouldn't sell a photo of your Great-Grandparents," I told him. "Whoever buys it is just going to rip out the photo, throw it away, and use the frame."

"How do you know they're my Great-Grandparents?" he asked.

"Well..." 🧵 1/2

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Someone in a Facebook #Genealogy group shared this old #FamilyPhoto and I'm now 100% certain they must be related to actor #HenryWinkler. LOL

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This photo has been making the rounds on various "Historic Photos" groups on ad-based social media, and countless people are jumping to the incorrect assumption that the baby "must be dead."

As a matter of fact, she was merely sleeping, and was very much alive.

The baby's name is Anna Gibson Adams. She was born in August 1845 and lived until 1884 (age 39 years). Anna Gibson Adams is ID# KZVS-XLS on #FamilySearch, if you would like to learn more about her.

#PostMortemPhotos did exist, yes. Families did sometimes take photos of people after death, and this was often used for memorializing dead children.

But Post-Mortems were unusual. Napping babies were actually very common. Don't be too quick to make exotic assumptions when the simple explanations are the more likely.

"When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses and not zebras."

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One horned Willy and his Brannen brood. Mormons they say, but something is deeply not right in that family.

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