Archives for Maureen A. Taylor
Photo Detective: The Little Prince Premium
A colleague recently gave me this cute picture found in a Maine antiques shop and labeled "Earl Russell Prince, 3 years." Photos usually show up in antiques stores after their original owners have died. Some people just don't value their ancestors' old pictures (especially unidentified ones), so they...
View Details
Photo Detective: Same Person, Different Ages Premium
Do these two photographs show the same woman at different times in her life?
View Details
Photo Detective: Heirloom Watch Tells Stories Premium
An ancestor's watch may help you turn back the clock to see what life was like when it was still ticking.
View Details
Photo Detective: Go West Premium
A single family photograph can serve as a valuable social history document. Take for example this group portrait (Figure 1), which provides a link to a violent chapter in American history: the settlement of the West. Phyllis King found this picture among her great-grandparents Arthur D. Barrows and Francis A...
View Details
Apply Census Data to Your Photos Premium
Picture research is a combination of genealogical research tools and library materials.
View DetailsSign up for the Family Tree Newsletter
Plus, you'll receive our 10 Essential Genealogy Research Forms PDF as a special thank you!
Get Your Free Genealogy Forms
"*" indicates required fields
Photo Detective: Orphan’s Mother? Premium
How can our reader find out if this is really her grandfather's biological mother?
View Details
Photo Detective: Bony Hands Premium
This clue could help you date an old carte de visite.
View Details
Identifying a Photo from the Old Country Premium
I love a challenge, so I was happy to see Christean Jenkins' photo in my e-mail inbox. All she knows about this charming portrait is what her great-uncle wrote on the envelope when he sent it to her father more than 25 years ago: "Our relation in the old...
View Details