Old west murder mystery

[Elmgrovegnome]

This is an interesting video about a murder of a Marshall in the late 1800’s. It all starts with a photograph.





View: https://youtu.be/tJRvG2zoKC0?si=04M9k0mynyAKqUW1

 

[Selassie I]

I watched that several weeks back. So cool how they put everything together and the true mystery is uncovered.

 

[Loyal]

A great job done by the researcher. It would have been easy to conclude that at least the Marshall's estranged brother was connected in some way with the gang, and left it at that. Normally, records for a picture taken back then, don't exist anymore. It took the relatives of an old west photographer to not only find value in old records probably stored in an attic somewhere, but then donated them to a university who also saw the historical value in them.
I've spent decades researching my family tree. I have documents that I've gathered like gold, but now that I am in such fragile health I have no one to pass them to. I care about all the lost family I have found and have even written some historical fiction about them. I care about them, but will anyone else? Relatives often throw genealogical information into the trash when the compiler passes away.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

A great job done by the researcher. It would have been easy to conclude that at least the Marshall's estranged brother was connected in some way with the gang, and left it at that. Normally, records for a picture taken back then, don't exist anymore. It took the relatives of an old west photographer to not only find value in old records probably stored in an attic somewhere, but then donated them to a university who also saw the historical value in them.
I've spent decades researching my family tree. I have documents that I've gathered like gold, but now that I am in such fragile health I have no one to pass them to. I care about all the lost family I have found and have even written some historical fiction about them. I care about them, but will anyone else? Relatives often throw genealogical information into the trash when the compiler passes away.

My mother has done such research and has written very detailed genealogical histories of both sides of my parents families. We all found it to be quite interesting. She has gotten so adept at the research that she did family trees for friends and in-laws. But I agree. It’s all lost on the young members of the family. I hope her eork was not in vane.

 

[Dodgersrf]

Absolutely fascinating.

Great watch.