Family photo detective : learn how to find genealogy clues in old photos and solve family photo mysteries /
Taylor, Maureen Alice.
Cincinnati, Ohio : Family Tree Books,
c2013.
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.
Includes index.
"First edition published in 2000 and second edition published in 2005 as Uncovering your ancestry through family photographs." -- [p. 174].
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.
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.
Genealogy.
Photographs in genealogy.