Photographs
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?
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.
I suggest you start with 4 Tips to Identify Unknown Family Photographs.
If you need extra help, I'm here. CLICK here to check out my genealogy consultation services. The links below will also help you explore available resources and strategies to identify your ancestors' photographs.
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Links to get started exploring our ancestors' photographs:
- 4 Tips to Identify Unknown Family Photographs
- Case Study: 5 Steps to Identify a Family Photograph
- Best Practices for Storing Heirloom Photographs
- Webinar - Finding Photos of Your Ancestors in Unexpected Places
- Medical Genealogy + A Photograph = A Young Woman's Story
- Would You Recognize Your Ancestor's Wedding Photo?
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…
Tips & Resources To Find Old Family Photos
Is it possible for the genealogy researcher to find old family photos? As genealogy researchers, we know a lot about our ancestors. We can place an ancestor on the map at any given point in time. We know what they did for a living, how many children they had, if faith was important to them, and even if they broke the law. In some cases, we even know about their mental health. What we really want to know is what they looked like?! Secretly, we wonder if we looked like them. Which side of the family did we take after? We do have options for finding old family photos and…
Restoring Old Family Photos – A Vivid-Pix Tutorial
Do you have boxes of old family photos on the top shelf of your closet? What if I told you that you valuable clues in your family history research are sitting in those boxes? Have I got your attention?! Now grab those old family photos and let’s get to work. I have a large collection of old family photos that I was graciously gifted when I began to explore our family’s history. Many of the photos were recognizable, but fading had caused some details to be lost. Others were faded or yellowed and obviously suffered some water damage. Could these photographs be saved for future generations to enjoy and connect…
