Making Good Color Copies of Photos Premium
Creative ways to save and share your family history.
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AncestorNews: Hometown Postcards Premium
AncestorNews: Hometown Postcards Lately, I've been searching for antique hometown postcards—those beautiful old linen cards that depict the towns where my ancestors lived. Using eBay www.ebay.com, I've located and purchased (usually for less than $5) postcards of St. Joseph, Unionville, and Harris, Mo. Although the chances of...
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Photography Toolkit Premium
Think you've uncovered all the clues in your family photos? Use these resources to discover surprising details about your kin.
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Organizing Photo Collections Premium
You've got questions about discovering, preserving and celebrating your family history; our experts have the answers.
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Photo Detective: On the Job Premium
In your own collection there are probably images of individuals wearing clothing that puzzles you. Some may be recognizable as work outfits while others remain mysterious. You might have an occupational portrait and not know it because you don't associate the clothing worn in the picture with a particular...
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Deciphering Olan Mills ID Numbers on Family Photographs
Can the numbers on the back of Olan Mills photographs tell you when the picture was taken? Our expert answers.
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Labeling Your Old Photos Premium
You've got questions about discovering, preserving and celebrating your family history; our experts have the answers.
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Photo Detective: Baby Pictures Premium
Dianne Beetler is trying to determine if these two baby pictures were taken of the same child at different times or of two different children. Identifying photographs of individuals taken at various points in their lives is one of the challenges of photo identification. You can do this by comparing...
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Photo Detective: Crayon Portrait
William Poe owns a number of identified pictures of his ancestors. He's even posted an illustrated family tree online. Yet, this double portrait remains a mystery. Poe believes the photo depicts John Poe (1785 to 1859) and Sarah Threet (1794 to 1861), but he'd like to confirm that identification. It's...
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Photo Detective: What a Doll Premium
This photograph of two girls belonged to LaVonne Murray's great-grandparents Maitland Willits House and Louise Anna Gonion. The younger girl bears a resemblance to another relative, Lydia Lymburner (1867-1947); Murray wonders if the girl could be Penelope Lymburner (1897-1980), Lydia's niece. Assigning a date to this photograph would allow Murray...
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