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Family photo detective, learn how to find genealogy clues in old photos and solve family photo mysteries, Maureen A. Taylor

eng

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non fiction

Family photo detective

dictionaries

854970114

Maureen A. Taylor

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

Unlock the Secrets of Your Old Family Photos! Historical family photos are cherished heirlooms that offer a glimpse into the lives of our ancestors. But the images, and the stories behind them, often fade away as decades pass - the who, when, where and why behind the photos are lost. In this book, photo identification expert and genealogist Maureen A. Taylor shows you how to study the clues in your old family photos to put names to faces and recapture their lost stories. Inside, you'll learn how to: Determine the type of image you have - from common paper prints to s

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Introduction; What is a Family Photograph Collection?; About This Book; How to Use It; CHAPTER 1: Bringing the Past to Life; Compiling a Visual History; How to Get Started; Identification Tips; Draw Conclusions; CASE STUDY: More Than Meets the Eye; CHAPTER 2: Talking with Relatives; The Interview Process; CASE STUDY: Tall Tales and True Stories; CASE STUDY: The Power of Persistence; CASE STUDY: The Bessette Family; CHAPTER 3: Cased Images; Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, and Tintypes; Daguerreotypes; Ambrotypes; Tintypes; How to Identify a Cased ImageDating a Cased ImageCASE STUDY: Metal Mysteries; CASE STUDY: Dating Cases; CHAPTER 4: Paper Prints and Negatives; Talbotypes: The First Paper Prints; Card Photographs; Stereographs; Candid Photography; Dating Paper Prints; Dating Portraits; Dating the Card Stock of Stereographs; Other Dating Clues; Negatives; Other Photographic Formats; CASE STUDY: Not In the Family; CHAPTER 5: Color and Digital Photographs; Hand-Coloring; Retouching; Color Photography; Polaroid; Digital Photographs; CASE STUDY: Wedding Album; CHAPTER 6: Identifying the Photographer; Photographer's ImprintResearching a PhotographerOnline Help; CASE STUDY: Tracking the Manchester Brothers; CASE STUDY: Which is the Original?; CHAPTER 7: Images From Birth to Death; Children; School; Weddings; Military Service; Holidays; Religious Occasions; Vacations and Recreation; Postmortem; CASE STUDY: Barker Cotton Mill School; CHAPTER 8: Looking for Clues; Family Resemblances; Props and Backdrops; CASE STUDY: Star Signs; Internal Information; Finding Answers; Public Libraries; Special Libraries; Research Resources Online; Building a Home Library; CASE STUDY: A Family ResemblanceCASE STUDY: Celebrity Look-AlikeCASE STUDY: The Curiosity Shop; CASE STUDY: Examining the Front and the Back of an Image; CASE STUDY: Internal Details; CHAPTER 9: Identifying Costume; Women's Fashions; Men's Fashions; Resources for Costume Dating; CASE STUDY: Alice McDuff; CHAPTER 10: Reading the Clues in Photographs; Matrimonial Images; Military Images; Finding New Pictures; Immigrant Images; Foreign Lands; Magnifying the Details; Comparing Pictures; Following the Trail; Documentary Evidence; CASE STUDY: Civil War Views; CASE STUDY: A Mystery at Sea; CASE STUDY: Links to La FamiliaCHAPTER 11: Photograph AlbumsCASE STUDY: Family Photo Album; CHAPTER 12: Adding Up the Clues; Family First; Format Focus; Ancestral Fashionistas; Family Complexities; Don't Jump to Conclusions; Photo Reunion Sites; Online Success; CASE STUDY: The Mysterious Ladies; CASE STUDY: Civil War Made Easy; CASE STUDY: Bridging the Past; CASE STUDY: Celebrate the Details to Discover the Story; CASE STUDY: A Family Photo Mystery Remains; Appendices; Labeling Your Images; Worksheets; Important Addresses; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Free Downloads; Copyright