Finding old family photos of your ancestors is always a thrill, but often, they are elusive. Maybe you have photographs of your ancestors, but they are unlabeled! (Sigh…) Who is actually in THAT photo?
You need strategies to understand and identify those unidentified individuals in your ancestors’ photographs. Learn about the five different types of photographs, the step by step process of identifying the individuals and important clues that can be found within your family photos.
New to working with old family photos? I suggest you start with 4 Tips to Identify Unknown Family Photographs.
Links to get started exploring our ancestors’ photographs:
Crowdsourcing family stories is utilizing other family members to gather those family stories. In my case, I am seeking to crowdsource the identification of individuals in a photo and/or discover further details in those photographs. Learn how you can do it, too!
As genealogy researchers, we want to know what our ancestors looked like. To know that we have to find their photographs, so Let’s begin the hunt for our ancestors’ photographs!
Black and white photographs in your family photo collection? Give those photos new life and see your ancestors in full color. Learn how to colorize and enhance your old photos using MyHeritage in Color.
Have old family photos? Learn how to edit your photos and find crucial family history clues in your ancestor’s photos and documents. Recently, Vivid-Pix Restore and I hosted a free webinar on “Finding Family History Clues in Old Photos and Documents” . It was so nice many of you could join us for the live …
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