Jean-ealogy: Ancestors in Blue Jeans
When I was working on my book Finding the Civil War in Your Family Album, I spent a lot of time looking for all sorts of clothing examples. As one of the photo shows, I found this picture of a man wearing what looks like blue jeans. Today jeans are...
View DetailsWestward Bound! Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree
This week I'm off to the Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree and a meeting of the California Genealogical Society. I hope to see you there! Please stop by my booth at the Jamboree to say hello. All this California travel makes me think about western American style clothing worn in...
View DetailsCall for Photos! Maureen’s New Book
I'm working on an updated and revised version of Uncovering Your Ancestry Through Family Photographs. To reflect all the new content, it has a new name, The Family Photo Detective:When I was at the NGS Conference in Cincinnati, Genealogy Insider Diane Haddad, Managing Editor Allison Dolan and I sat...
View DetailsJuly/August 2012 Photo Detective: Military Mystery Premium
What can you learn from a WWII veteran's Army photos taken in the South Pacific?
View DetailsNGS Photo Spotlight
The owner of last week's photo, Larae Schraeder, sent me some additional information on her family. I love the connection between family history and photography! That's no surprise to all the readers of this space. Last week, I showed details giving evidence that this picture was taken by an itinerant...
View DetailsWhat I Saw at the National Genealogical Society Conference
Thank you to everyone who stopped by my booth at the National Genealogical Society Conference last week! I looked at a lot of photos and many people promised to send in submissions for this column. Larae Schraeder showed me two photos. Here's one of them (I'm still working on the...
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More Family Photos of Ancestral Children
Last week I showcased your photos of ancestral children and this week it's a second installment. This little guy is Sandra Jerome's grandfather, Ralph Frederick Jerome. He was born September 7, 1894 in Jordan, Scott County, Minnesota. He's wearing attire approximate for boys less than 5--a...
View DetailsAncestor Mystery Photos: Unidentified Kids
Thank you for all the pictures of your ancestors' cute kids! These little girls are named Josie Powell and Nannie Wilson. Don't you love their identical outfits? They are in a photo album owned by Gwen Prichard. She's trying to establish a relationship between them. Perhaps their mothers were friends...
View DetailsIdentifying Old Photos of Children
Genealogists need a sense of humor. You never know what you're going to find. Loretta Gillespie, author of the blog Barking Up the Wrong Tree, submitted this photo of two children. Last week I dated it to the mid to late 1880s. To try to solve this mystery, Loretta sent...
View DetailsSorting Out Children’s Clothing
It's been awhile since I've put out a call for photos from your collections. If you have a photo of a child wearing interesting clothing, please send it to me. I'd love to run a series on what kinds of clothing children wore, and when. This week's photo came from...
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