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.
Check out the Are You My Cousin? Facebook page to keep learning!
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?
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Bring Your Family History To LIFE!
Join me in welcoming Madame Ancestry as my guest blogger today! Madam Ancestry has been interested in her family history since she was a teenager. Be sure to follow her on her blog! For those of us who have the responsibility of researching our family history, the excitement each discovery brings and being able to vividly imagine those encounters comes easily to us – for many of our relatives, not so much. They can’t seem to understand why we’d spend countless hours trying to find the name of the wife of a 2x great uncle, or our excitement in finding the location of origin of our ancestors. We have looked…
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Preserving Your Family’s Historic Photographs
Welcome to Andi Willis of Good Life Organizing as guest blogger today! I know you will enjoy her insight into preserving our family’s historic photographs. This post contain affiliate links. Read my full disclosure policy here. From Grandma’s meticulously maintained photo albums to tin types of long gone relatives to snapshots of your parents, photographs capture the visual history of your family. To preserve these precious memories, it is important to safeguard your pictures in a few easy steps. It’s All About Location One of the most important factors when it comes to preserving your photographs is where you store them. It is very important not to keep any photographs…
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Save Family Photos! by Rachel LaCour Niesen
I am so excited to have Rachel LaCour Niesen of Save Family Photos as guest poster today! Welcome, Rachel! Rachel is on a mission to save family stories, one photo at a time. Once you learn more about Rachel and her website SaveFamilyPhotos, you will be motivated to save your own family stories through your photos, too! Why Save Family Photos? How did you get started? Was there one photograph that started it all? As a former photojournalist, I value storytelling and curation. All great photographs tell stories and careful curation helps convey those stories. After years pursuing a career in professional photography, I emerged as both a trained…
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Genealogy + Sports Memorabilia
Was your ancestor a professional sports player? Whether at the minor or major level, sports capture our hearts. For the genealogist, sports provide opportunities to document our ancestors as well as opportunities to find images of our ancestors. Baseball cards, anyone? Owen Elliott was the son of Elie Elliott and Nora King. Born in 1913 in Mecklenburg Count, VA, Owen played professional baseball from 1935-1938. For most of that time, he was a pitcher for the Richmond Colts. Known as Ace, Owen played for William and Mary before moving up to the Richmond team in 1935. The Richmond Colts were affiliated with the Philadelphia A’s and later the New…
