Finding Photo Clues in Historical Hat Styles
This mystery photo features a lovely assortment of hat styles. Let's take a closer look at the details in this photo, (including the hats!) to see what more we can learn.
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Old Christmas Photos: Best of Photo Detective
Photo Detective was a long-running FamilyTreeMagazine.com blog. Here, we've combined the best posts about old Christmas photos.
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Subtle Clues Help Date a Mystery Officer
The background (and a belt buckle) help date this mystery military officer.
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Fixing Environmental Dangers to Your Family Photos
You’ll learn about helpful records for California research, the best websites to search, and hints for dealing with common obstacles such as long waits for vital records and the San Francisco earthquake and fire.
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3 Steps to Identify Unknown People in Old Family Photos
Compare photo clues to available records to identify the subjects in an old family picture.
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Learn how to preserve your old family photos and protect them from environmental factors like heat and humidity.
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Photo Detective: 20th-Century Photos Before Photoshop® Premium
Before photos went digital, our ancestors made plenty of choices about how their photos should look.
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How to Learn About Working Women in Old Family Photos
Did your female ancestors work outside the home? In this article, the photo detective, Maureen Taylor, demonstrates how you can find clues to your great-grandma's occupation in old photographs.
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The Search for a Family Resemblance
There are two other images in Susan Ellerbee’s collection. Both men. Both were taken in the 1880s. The young man is William F. Tucker. She’s hoping that a family resemblance will help her decided which side of the family the man in the tintype hails. Before we get to that. Let’s take a look at […]
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Rules for Identifying Photographs: Create a Timeline
This week, our Photo Detective Maureen A. Taylor is back with another rule to remember when identifying your mystery family photos.
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