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When the Puzzle Is a Picture Perhaps one of the most common brick-wall problems is identifying people in a photograph. You've shown it to relatives, and no one seems to remember just who that pretty lady standing on the boardwalk is. Maureen Taylor, author of Uncovering Your Ancestry through Family Photographs (Betterway Books, $18.99), cautions: "Little can be gained by looking at vital records and censuses until you have a tentative identity. I use a worksheet for the photograph, and use a magnifying glass to examine the picture a little at a time. I have to find out if a photographer's name appears on the image, date the clothing, and see if there are any clues in the background." Taylor helps solve readers' family-photo mysteries in her online column.
For more strategies of successful genealogists, such as finding alternative sources, see the December 2002 issue of Family Tree Magazine.
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