Photographs
<a href="https://lisalisson.com/category/genealogy-ancestors-photographs/"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-7431 size-full" src="https://lisalisson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/our-ancestors-photographs-horiz.png" alt="Unsure who is in the family photos? Use these strategies to identify those unidentified individuals in your ancestors' photographs." width="800" height="600" /></a> <p style="text-align: left;">Finding your ancestors' photographs is always a thrill. Often they are elusive. Or....you have photographs of your ancestors but they are unlabeled! (Sigh..) Who is whom?</p> <p style="text-align: left;">You need strategies to identify those unidentified individuals in your ancestors' photographs. Take time to learn about the different types of photographs and what clues can be found within them.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">I suggest you start with <a href="https://lisalisson.com/2015/07/09/4-tips-identify-unknown-family-photographs/">4 Tips to Identify Unknown Family Photographs</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">If you need extra help, I'm here. <a href="https://lisalisson.com/services/">CLICK here to check out my genealogy consultation services. </a> The links below will also help you explore available resources and strategies to identify your ancestors' photographs.</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/areyoumycousin/">Check out the <strong>Are You My Cousin? Facebook page</strong> to keep learning!</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Links to get started exploring our ancestors' photographs:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lisalisson.com/2015/07/09/4-tips-identify-unknown-family-photographs/">4 Tips to Identify Unknown Family Photographs</a></li> <li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lisalisson.com/2016/01/14/case-study-5-steps-identify-photograph/">Case Study: 5 Steps to Identify a Family Photograph</a></li> <li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lisalisson.com/2016/01/22/best-practices-storing-heirloom-photos/">Best Practices for Storing Heirloom Photographs</a></li> <li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lisalisson.com/2016/06/13/webinar-finding-photos-of-your-ancestors-in-unexpected-places/">Webinar - Finding Photos of Your Ancestors in Unexpected Places</a></li> <li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lisalisson.com/2016/04/21/medical-genealogy-photograph/">Medical Genealogy + A Photograph = A Young Woman's Story</a></li> <li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lisalisson.com/2016/02/12/would-you-recognize-your-ancestors-wedding-photo/">Would You Recognize Your Ancestor's Wedding Photo?</a></li> </ul>
Are You Your Ancestor’s Doppelganger? Find Out What Your Ancestor Looked Like
Explore resources to find what your ancestor looked like and if you are indeed their doppelganger. Learn which genealogy records you should research. Do you know what your ancestors looked like? Do you know their physical characteristics? Do you know how tall they were? How short? The color of their eyes and hair? Did they have any physical deformities? And the BIG burning question on your mind….. Do you look like your ancestors?! Do you have a doppelganger in the family tree? What is a Doppelganger? In German folklore, all living things have a spirit double. They referred to that spirit double as a doppelganger. Other folklore traditions refer to…
Google Photos For Genealogy: It’s A Picture Perfect Guide!
Learn how to use Google Photos for genealogy to store, back up and share old family photographs with family. Best part? It’s FREE. If you have been a reader of Are You My Cousin? for even a short period of time, you know I am a fan of Google. I routinely use Google Drive for creating timelines, taking notes, writing genealogy reports and ancestral stories. (I like to write!) Google Maps and Google Earth let me put my ancestors on the map – literally! Google Books? Well, it’s a favorite, too. [Google even interviewed me about it! Check out the video.] Now, let’s talk about Google Photos for genealogy. Google…
Identify Your Ancestor In That Photograph
How to identify your ancestor in an old photograph is tough. I get it. Genealogy researchers often are the recipients of a family’s old photographs. Yet, these old family photos come to us unlabeled and unorganized. The task of identifying your ancestors in the photographs seems daunting if not impossible. Could your family photo collection contain a great grandparent who is simply not recognized? You crave a resource with strategies to guide them through the steps of identifying their old family photos. You want a resource that will allow you to be strategic in analyzing and labeling your old family photos. Why? Identifying that old family photograph allows that individual’s…
How To Pull Genealogy Clues From Your Old Family Photographs
This post is sponsored by The Imaging Alliance; however, all thoughts and opinions are my own. Old family photos tell the stories of our ancestors. They tell a story of physical characteristics passed down from generation to generation. They tell the stories of special occasions. They tell the stories of everyday life. If you have been a longtime reader of Are You My Cousin?, you know how fortunate I am to have inherited a large collection of family photographs. My great-grandmother Esther Richardson grew up in the early 1900’s when the release of Kodak’s Brownie camera made photography more accessible (and popular) to the general public. Esther and her friends…
