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Contest Winner Mystery
This is quite the photo problem. Contest winner Juliann Hansen and her family have tried for years to figure out the details in this photo. This week I'm going to outline what we know. It was found covered in dust at the Cincinnati Butchers' Supply Co. (CBS) at Elmwood Place...
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And the Winner Is? And a Runner-up
Thank you to everyone that contributed pictures to the Family Tree Magazine Photo Contest. So many great pictures....it was a tough decision. I'll be featuring many of your pictures in future columns. The winner is (drum roll please):Congratulations to J. Hansen! ...
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Clothing Clues in Photos of Male Ancestors
Women's fashion changes seem dramatic when compared to the subtle differences in men's clothing over time. That's one of the challenges when assigning a date to a man's portrait. In this FamilyTreeMagazine.com article, Maureen A. Taylor points out costume clues to look for in photographs of your male...
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Scenic Assistance
Thank you to everyone that attended last week's Photo Detective Live! webinar. Don't worry if you missed it. You can still watch and listen to it online. There's even a free PDF download to go with it. This week's photo was submitted as part of our call for images for...
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Asking the Big Questions
I sat with a friend today as she showed me her latest online family history discoveries. It was all very exciting. She's worked on this particular genealogy problem for several years. All of a sudden, an unknown distant relative joined an online site and posted family information and lots of...
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Aging Well
Dating a photograph of an older person presents a unique dilemma: Is the subject wearing contemporary fashion, or an older style that he or she was hanging on to? On FamilyTreeMagazine.com, Photo Detective Maureen A. Taylor addresses this question as she analyzes these two photos that might show the...
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A Soldier’s Story
Last week, I spent time browsing the Liljenquist Collection on the Library of Congress website. It's a jaw-dropping set of gorgeous Civil War photographs. You can view them online or in person at an exhibit at the Library of Congress. This portrait depicts Charles H. Bickford of Massachusetts as a...
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Civil War Era Mystery
Did you know that you can mail us a copy (no originals please) of your family photos for this column? To find out more about submitting photo click on the How to Submit Your Photo link in the left-hand column. This week's photo mystery was mailed to the editors of...
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A Picture Pile-up
I love unusual surnames. It's probably because my last name and many of my ancestral surnames often end up on those top 10 lists of popular names. Laurie Clement has a great chance to identify the folks in her unidentified image. She thinks this large family group shares the surname...
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Help a Fellow Genealogist (Civil War-Style)
Two weeks ago, I attended the New England Regional Genealogical Conference in Springfield, Mass. A lot of folks stopped by my booth to talk about Civil War images in their family. Several told me about locating images of their Civil War soldiers in unlikely places. If you have a story...
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