Of course it was always more than simple data… genealogy is about real people with real lives, facing history’s challenges.

But I’ve never paid much attention to the little images that showed up on the records. Yes, the photographs I paid attention to, but the paintings/sketches? I just assumed they were inventions to dress up the entry.

It turns out that some had very good connections to the people, of course the poor Norwegian/German farmers did not have portraits, but some of the minor nobility had a few.

So, I’ve been playing around, fixing things, restoring damage, maybe even a spa treatment or two.