Picturing Jewish Genealogy: Using Nineteenth-Century Portrait Albums as a Genealogical Source

Picturing Jewish Genealogy: Using Nineteenth-Century Portrait Albums as a Genealogical Source

This essay argues that the earliest genre of Jewish family photograph albums, the nineteenth-century portrait-card albums created by the bourgeoisie, may become a starting point for genealogical discoveries. Some display the visual genealogies of extended families, and many reveal the genealogical m...

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Main Author: Michele Klein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-11-01
Series:Genealogy
Subjects:
family album
photograph album
family history
nineteenth-century Jews
visual genealogy
kin keeping
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/7/4/87

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