I have a request...I am currently finishing a book about Thurston Lineage which follows the direct line, thus lineage instead of genealogy, of our ancestors in America from 1631 until 1924 (10th generation TTS, DTS, BTS). I am included photos for all from Lucy and Asa forward. I have rather bad, altho original, portraits of Asa Goodale Thurston and Sarah Andrews Thurston which I was unable to have redone by scancafe. I am wondering if there's anyone in the family who has these photos also and would be willing to scan and email them to me. I've tried HMCS and they have not got anything better than mine. So please, if anyone has these and would be willing to copy them to me it would improve the quality of these people's images in the book. Also, if anyone has any images at all of any of our ancestors and would be willing to share them, I'd greatly appreciate it. Lucy and Sarah have been helping me with research and we think the book is going to be pretty cool. I hope to hear from somebody out there... -Ibby
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Update on my attempt to have old photos redone by scancafe...prompt service, 1 photo of 4 able to be redone, cost $20. Of the others, they were too old and faded, altho scancafe suggested trying again with 2 of them with a very high resolution scan...not sure how to do this but if I succeed, I'll let you know.
ReplyDeleteHere's some interesting information that Lucy dug up which puts to rest the confusion about the supposed Helen in the family who fell off a horse, hit her head, died in an insane asylum, etc...here's the presumably true story from the Mission Children's report:
ReplyDelete"The young husband and father, strong, vigorous Charles Hodge Alexander, received an injury on the head by a fall from his horse some months previous to his death, which resulted in mental illness, from which, though taken to California in hopes the change of climate might benefit him, he never revived. he died February 8, 1885. His wife, Helen (Thurston) Alexander (LAT's sister), went over when the unfavorable news came. and arrived there the day he died, and had the sad privilege of seeing him once more and being recognized before the end. He was buried by the side of his father, in "Mountain View Cemetery," Oakland."