Family Pictures of loved ones in Poland

This will sound like a wierd Question, but we have a picture of one of our Great
great Uncles who was laid to rest in 1930. The Picture is that, taken while he was
in his coffin, and I have seen this before, but was wondering if others had family
Photos just like this. I know it sounds morbid. but that is why I am curious about
why? what was the reason behind taking photos of someone who is passed when
they probably have tons of them when they were alive.. what /who started doing
that and WHere do you think it originated.

I can tell you, there was a few other photos that i had seen from Poland, where it
showed the man ( who passed) and the family standing over him with distraught
tired eyes..

do they do this type of thing in Poland ? or other countries?

This was very common a generation or two ago. I have seen many pictures like this in my family's album, as well. It is a little creepy, but it was a way of remembering the family member.

These days people do a memorial booklet with a current photo, and maybe a poem, and something about the memorial service, as a keepsake remembrance. Just one of the joys of Photoshop, I guess.

How are you doing today? Did your sister have surgery yet?

It is very Creepy, but we have a picture of also my grandfather, which looks like
a chalk painting, and hes in a black suit, which I think they just did a painting of
him when he died. and that they just left his eyes open, this picture is very
different then just a normal picture..

I am doing fine, and my sisters surgery is june 12th.

thank you for the kind words :) thats why I think so very much of all of you
because there is so many sweet " beautiful" hearts out there :)

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This is very definitely a remnant of times gone by. Thankfully, I have never seen photos of my family's departed, but I can recall my grandmother taking pictures of my grandfather in 1989. While she was definitely of Polish descent, it seems to have been more a generational thing. When my grandmother died in 2000, my cousin who was in her forties at the time also took photos. It seems morbid to us but apparently was commonplace or at least an accepted practice. Not my thing, though....

I was sat on a tram a couple of years ago and the woman in front of me was showing her friend photos of someone who had passed on. I suppose a photo of the deceased would bring home the reality of the situation. Also, some family might not have been able to attend the funeral and may not have seen the person for some years. The photo would bring pride for a lfe shared and/or is the last reminder of that person.

We used to have a picture of my Ukrainian great-grandfather in his coffin. He died 1940 in the U.S.

Here's an example...not my family though...royalty.

whose pic is it Z?

creepy huh? I think it's a realtive of the Działyński family

pic from Castle Kornik

Well, it is creepy, because of the black and white. darkness of it. but newer
photos probably dont look like that..

Theres a photo on the intranet called dead fred, they use it on a site because
it was a unknown photo someone found so they named him fred and its about
photos which were found all over and are still unknown and need identification.

just type in dead fred it will bring up the site with a google search.

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Pictures of family

Admin, with all due respect, I think it would be a great addition to be able to add
some photos for the genealogy part , of course this is solely up to you :)

Pictures of family, posted here, military photos of those who fought, I know I would
love to see them, I find the older photos incredible, and maybe thru some miracle
someone might recognize a photo and be related to this person.. ???

whatta ya say? yeah or ney?

just an idea, I am sure it requires more space.. but was worth asking.. :)

"A picture tells a thousand words"



I would like to see this too.

YES!!! two Yeahs!! ty wroclaw :)

sure ;)

anything to make this forum more entertaining :D

ah ha another yeah!! 3 yeahs and no neys..

Pictures would serve a practical purpose. It might be possible to put dates to pictures and pick out landmarks. For example: 1. It might mean the difference between searching in Poland or an adjoining country. 2. Style of dress can give you a date.
There are many things that you can learn from photos. They are an essential tool in Genealogy and might help to bring experts [in various fields] to the forum. They also help to understand the social history of the period.

ok this topic has not been brought up in a while, I wouldnt mind hearing some more
thoughts on this :)

I thank God they were able to take pictures. If not for this I would never have been able to view a beautiful 3 year old uncle who died in Siberia concentration camp. This is also making a big come back in the USA.

I have a Picture of someones loved ones that Krysia had translated for me a while
back but so far no luck on returning it to anyone yet.

:(

This is a photo of all the members of my family who came to a gathering in the small Polish town that we all orginated from. Most of the people there were from that town and its surroundings....but there were also tons from Krakow, Warsaw, Germany, England...and me - the only one from America who made it. All together there were over 150 family members. I had been in contact with a cousin for a few years via email and so this was the first time that I met or talked to most of these family members.....yet it they didn't feel like strangers. I never felt so welcome in a place. =)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/irisheyz77/2099187549/

(I tried to upload the photo but it was too large....but for any interested in viewing it just follow the link)

oh that photo is so amazing!!

how cool.. I am very impressed :)

I was impressed too. Before going to Poland I had no idea just how large my family really was. It was a good feeling.