Family photo detective : learn how to find genealogy clues in old photos and solve family photo mysteries

Family photo detective Learn how to find genealogy clues in old photos and solve family photo mysteries

Maureen Alice Taylor

Book - 2013

Historical family photos offer a glimpse into the lives of our ancestors, but the images-- and the stories behind them-- often fade away as decades pass. Taylor shows you how to study the clues in your old family photos to put names to faces and recapture their lost stories.

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Subjects
Genealogy.
Photographs in genealogy.
Published
Cincinnati, Ohio : Family Tree Books [2013]
[Place of publication not identified] : [2013]
Language
English
Main Author
Maureen Alice Taylor (author)
Item Description
Includes index.
"First edition published in 2000 and second edition published in 2005 as Uncovering your ancestry through family photographs." -- page 174.
Physical Description
173 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
ISBN
9781440324987
  • Introduction
  • Bringing the past to life
  • Talking with relatives
  • Cased images: daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes
  • Paper prints and negatives
  • Color and digital photographs
  • Identifying the photographer
  • Images from birth to death
  • Looking for clues
  • Identifying costume
  • Reading the clues in photographs
  • Photograph albums
  • Adding up the clues.

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