Dear ______, My name is Sarah Melvey, and I am writing in regard to the Howell branch of your family. I currently live in Williamsburg, Virginia...and while browsing through one of our many local antique shops, I came across a beautiful baby portrait taken in the late 1890s with the name "Josephine Fulton Howell" written on the back. Out of curiosity, I decided to put my genealogical skills to work to try to identify as much as possible about Miss Josephine - mainly in an effort to identify current living relatives (potentially with family trees in Ancestry). My goal is to repatriate or re-home the photo and make sure it returns to the family... Genealogical serendipity. I have been on the receiving end of so many research hand-outs that I only thought it worthwhile to attempt to pay it forward in my own little way. Enter Josephine Fulton Howell - the beautifully staged baby in the portrait above. Note the detailed background - the flowers on the ...