Tag I’m It! An Online Game
Diane Haddad of Family Tree Magazine's Genealogy Insider blog tagged me and this blog in a game of Internet tag. So here goes...10 Years Ago I..1. Left full-time employment and benefits like vacation time to freelance and focus on photos.2. Coordinated a website project Boston...
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Postal Clues and a One-Glove Mystery
In honor of an upcoming article in the print Family Tree Magazine, this week's photo mystery is a postcard. In the January 2009 issue, I wrote a piece called Getting the Message on the ways our ancestors communicated and the types of records they left behind. One of the...
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Sound Off! Where Do You Post Family Pictures?
In honor of October being Family History Month, I'd like to hear from you about your favorite photo sharing sites and where you post your family tree information. I have to admit this is a personal interest. If you read the July 2008 issue of Family Tree Magazine then you...
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An Early Paper Print Confirmed!
Way back in June 2005, I wrote a Photo Detective column for Family Tree Magazine on a mysterious-looking paper photograph. This week, the owner of the image, George Pek, sent me an update.In 2005, I surmised that Pek's image was a salted paper print, but I didn't have ...
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Tackling an Albumful of Mystery Photos
Bobbi Borbas wrote back after I posted her unidentified group portrait to say that after looking at her family history, she still isn't sure who the folks are in her mystery image. Some photo mysteries take a great deal of time and patience to solve. I still think the case...
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Photos Handed Down in the Family
Raise your hand if you've discovered a cache of family photos you didn't know about after the death of a relative. I'm sure if I asked an audience of hundreds, few hands would remain down. You'd think there wouldn't be any surprise photos in my family, but no...
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Orphan Photos and Photo Sharing
Last week on the Today Show I mentioned DeadFred.com. It's a fun site for folks trying to reconnect with lost family photos or to post pictures if you want photos to lead the way to a reunion with lost family. It's a win-win either way. There are...
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Photo Detective Talks Roots on Today
This isn’t Maureen. I’m Diane from Family Tree Magazine’s Genealogy Insider blog—I'm dropping in to share the video of Maureen’s spots on NBC’s "Today" show this morning, giving tips on how to trace your roots. She answers viewer questions in the first spot with Al Roker, and talks about photo...
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Postmortem Images
Remember how last week I mentioned that this column would feature a "viewer discretion advised" image? The sight of a deceased person in a photo is the reason for the warning. Like it or not, our ancestors began photographing the dead members of their family in the early 1840s. If...
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Photo Detective: Posing with the Old Homestead Premium
Photo Detective Maureen A. Taylor examines photos taken in front of the family homestead.
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