How to Take Better Tombstone Photographs
Take clearer, more legible photos of your ancestors' graves with these easy tips.
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Fixing Environmental Dangers to Your Family Photos
You’ll learn about helpful records for California research, the best websites to search, and hints for dealing with common obstacles such as long waits for vital records and the San Francisco earthquake and fire.
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3 Steps to Identify Unknown People in Old Family Photos
Compare photo clues to available records to identify the subjects in an old family picture.
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How to Learn About Working Women in Old Family Photos
Did your female ancestors work outside the home? In this article, the photo detective, Maureen Taylor, demonstrates how you can find clues to your great-grandma's occupation in old photographs.
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The Search for a Family Resemblance
There are two other images in Susan Ellerbee’s collection. Both men. Both were taken in the 1880s. The young man is William F. Tucker. She’s hoping that a family resemblance will help her decided which side of the family the man in the tintype hails. Before we get to that. Let’s take a look at […]
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A Photo Mystery of Top Hats and Tin
Photo Detective Maureen A. Taylor is back on the case, and this time she's investigating a mysterious tintype that features a man in a top hat.
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How to Make a Photo Book: Your Ultimate Planning Guide Premium
Share your family history! Here's the ultimate how-to plan for making a photo book: image qualities to consider, elements to include and a making a page plan.
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Rules for Identifying Photographs: Create a Timeline
This week, our Photo Detective Maureen A. Taylor is back with another rule to remember when identifying your mystery family photos.
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Rules for Identifying Photographs: Study the Photo First
Maureen A. Taylor has a new uniform mystery to work through, and she's letting us in on the steps of her investigation. Who could this gentleman be? See if you can help us work through the clues.
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Uniform Discoveries, Part 4
In the fourth part of this series on a mysterious uniform, Photo Detective Maureen A. Taylor follows a lead that answers what organization the man in the photograph belonged to.
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