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  • Ever wonder what your ancestor looked like? Explore the genealogy records that reveal what your ancestor looked like.
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    Are You Your Ancestor’s Doppelganger? Find Out What Your Ancestor Looked Like

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    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…

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    Trying to identify your ancestor in that old family photograph? Start by learning the different types of antique photographs?

    How to Identify 5 Types of Old Photographs

    December 17, 2015
    WorldCat is a valuable genealogy research tool for every genealogist! Find family histories, local histories and more to progress your research. #genealogy #areyoumycousin #ancestors #worldcat

    31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips – WorldCat

    July 22, 2018

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    Identify Your Ancestor In That Photograph

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    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…

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    Google photos is a great option for storing and sharing your old family photographs. Oh, and it's free!

    Google Photos For Genealogy: It’s A Picture Perfect Guide!

    February 10, 2020
    Not sure how old that antique photograph is? Learn how to use tax stamps to identify you old family photo.

    How to Date Antique Photographs Using Tax Stamps

    January 15, 2016
    Photo organization resources for tips and strategies to help the genealogist and family historian finally get those photos organized.

    Photo Organization for Genealogy Researchers – Resources for Getting Started

    September 3, 2018
  • Flickr is fast becoming a favorite tool in my genealogy toolbox! A free photo sharing site, Flickr can be used to get more eyes on your ancestors' photos!
    Genealogy Research,  How To Trace Your Family Tree,  Organize Your Genealogy

    Using Flickr to Identify Your Ancestors

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    Flickr is fast becoming a favorite tool in my genealogy toolbox! If you are not familiar with it, Flickr is a free photo storage/sharing site. (There is a paid version, but the free version currently meets my needs.) With the free plan you can upload up to 1,000 photographs. The advantages of Flickr include: Cloud storage of your photographs (Tip: Back up your photographs in several places.) The ability to edit your photographs in Flickr The ability to set your privacy settings to Public (anyone), Private (only you) or Friends. The ability to share a photograph to your social media accounts or by email The ability to organize your photographs…

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    How to Analyze Your Ancestor’s Birth Certificate

    April 30, 2018
    FlickR is another great tool to add to your genealogy toolbox! Explore items form state archives, libraries and university collections. #ancestor #genealogy#areyoumycouin #flickr

    31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips – FlickR

    July 24, 2018
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    Readers’ Questions – Answering YOUR Burning Genealogy Questions

    June 26, 2017
  • Where does a genealogy research begin organizing old photos? Go from chaos to order and keep precious family photos easy to find!
    Organize Your Genealogy,  Photographs

    From Chaos to Order: Where To Begin Organizing Old Family Photos

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    Where does a genealogy researcher begin organizing old family photos? Go from chaos to order and keep family photos safe and easy to find! I recently shared that I am an organizing junkie….and a flunkie! I desperately want my genealogy nice and organized.  I want my files easy to find.  I’ve worked hard to achieve that. I may not have a perfect system (does one even exist?), but I do have a system that works for me. You do, too, right? If you are still struggling with organizing your “paper” genealogy files, read more about that is this post. Now…where do you begin when organizing old family photos? One of…

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    What You Need To Know To Organize Your Genealogy Files

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    January 8, 2019
    Photo organization resources for tips and strategies to help the genealogist and family historian finally get those photos organized.

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