You don’t need to read love stories in search of fascinating romances; there is one at the beginning of every branch of your family tree. Have you ever observed the talk of a couple about the day they first met? Tenderness and memories in their voices. If you take a closer look, ypo can see the same feelings on most of your ancestor’ wedding photos.
If you are skeptical about that, look through the wedding photos of your own and follow the development of your love story in the pictures. These images will awake the desire to see your ancestors’ wedding photos and capture the glimpses of life and love of the past.
While looking through your family pictures, you may be surprised to see not as many images of celebrations as there are notes of them on your family tree. After all today’s brides do not only hire professional photographers to make an official album of the event, but also ask there guests to take pictures of each other with their own cameras. So the generations to come will be able to observe the whole ceremony as well as the pranks of the guests.
The stereotypical photography of the bride and the groom did not always exist in the 19th and early 20th century, as the style, importance and even the view of the wedding photo were different. The humorous images, sold at the beginning of the 20th century, depicted every step of a young couple, starting with the engagement until the honeymoon. And though much of those stages haven’t changed today, the photographic record of each case is different. Telling the truth, there may be wedding photos in your collection, but you might not know about that. Take another look at all the pictures of the couples and separate men and women. The image could prompt the answer to one of your family mysteries, like the date and the place of your great-grandparents’ wedding. Photos may help you to discover the romantic past of your family, if you know what you are looking for.
Advice on photo identification
How to find wedding photos in your family album? Start with your family tree.
Make a list of all the marriages, including the information of when and where they were contracted, starting with the emerging of the photography in 1839… read
Wedding dress, white or…
Orange blossom on the wedding dress, the Queen Victoria’s choice, marrying Prince Albert, remained popular decoration for decades… read
Wedding photo as a present
Victorians couples got their presents before the wedding and displayed them for the guests to see. You can find the images of these generous displays in albums of those times… read
The family History and the Wedding Portrait
Not everyone could afford a photographer in the mid 19th century. The absence of the wedding photos in some families points to some kind of a conflict, like for example parental disapproval or a secret escape… read
