Nancy Hanks' lineage

[Steve Whitlock]

Roger,

First of all I apologize for my flippant opening paragraph in my previous post! After reading the article you graciously provided, and imbued with some guilt for my statements, I will at least make an attempt to find something more conclusive than I currently have to either prove or disprove the Thomas Lincoln photo. The genealogical reward if it is truly a photo of Thomas Lincoln is too compelling to be dismissive out of hand.

In the meantime I'm struck by the sloppy circle that seems amateurish for the photo. Has a photo been cut and placed on a mat, or the hole in a mat been cut out? Efforts should also continue to firmly establish whether the photo is daguerrotype or ambrotype. I'm not qualified to do that.