What 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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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...
Read MoreAncestor 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...
Read MoreIdentifying 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...
Read MoreSorting 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...
Read MoreA Double Mystery: Twins in the Family
This cute-as-a-button toddler duo is a big family history problem for Laura Cook. Who are they?The cabinet card was once owned by her paternal grandmother—a trail of ownership that at least eliminates her mother's family from consideration. Laura asked her father if he could remember any twins in his...
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Census Taking in Pictures
My fingers are itching to start searching through the 1940 census. I've read that the National Archives website crashed due to the number of folks online doing the same thing. I'll wait a bit and try again. In the meantime, take a peek at some census-related...
Read MoreGraduation Caps
It's the last week for hats. It's also your last chance this month to save 10% on Fashionable Folks: Bonnets and Hats 1840-1900. Use HAT10 as the coupon code when ordering from Family Tree Shop. I've blogged about a lady in a fancy hat, a young man in a...
Read MoreHats Off to the Men
First it was work hats, then fancy hats for ladies, but what about everyday hats for men? Go ahead. Take a guess: When do you think this young man posed for this image? My mother has an expression, "what's old is new." It's all about how fashion...
Read MoreHats and Hair
Last week the focus was work hats for men. This week it's all about the ladies. When I go photo shopping, I love to find more than one image of the same person. I have two images of this woman—one in a hat and one without her hat...
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