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3 Great Benefits of Crowdsourcing Family Stories From Old Photos
Crowdsourcing family stories hidden in old family photos creates connections with family. See how Ponga helps you bring the stories to life. Longtime readers know I have been on a quest to get all of my old family photographs identified. I’ve made good progress toward my goal, but I still have more photographs of individuals I do not know. Why is this such an important goal to me? How does identifying the individual(s) in one photograph benefit my research? It’s more than curiosity. I want to be able to tell those individuals’ stories! I want to know the family stories contained within those old family photographs. One thing that has…
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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…
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How to Identify 5 Types of Old Photographs
Dating old photographs provides clues to identifying your ancestors in the old family photos. The type of photo indicates the date a photo was taken. Photographs are among some of the most treasured family heirlooms. Our children today grow up being photographed almost daily. Point a camera at a young child and they automatically smile. Check any teen or young adult or grandparent (!) and you are likely to find hundreds of photographs on their smartphone. [I think my great-grandmother Esther Richardson Talbott would have completely embraced the smartphone and its picture taking possibilities!] But this hasn’t always been the case. Having one’s photograph taken was an occasion that needed…
