Carole Bemke has a question. Is this photo of a father in her family tree, or his son? Seems simple, right? But not if both men have the same name. You know how it goes. Someone...
See how four key photo dating strategies help identify a turn-of-the-20th-century Findlay family photo depicting two parents and their five children.
Reader Barbara Rivers has no idea who's in this her unidentified old family photo. I'll outline four steps she (and you) can take to solve old-photo mysteries.
There are a lot of sharp-eyed family photo detectives out there. I asked you to compare these two men and give me your opinion, and you did!
Last week a woman at one of my lectures raised her hand, pointed at an old photo on the screen, and said "the man in that photo is my great-grandfather!" But was it really?
For more than 80 years the world has wondered what happened to pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared over the South Pacific in 1937. The History Channel documentary "Amelia...
Symbolism abounds in old family photos taken on the Fourth of July. These three young men posed as the iconic drummers and fife player commonly seen on the Fourth of July as the...
Houston County, TN ArchiveHistorical societies all over the country have old mystery photos of local citizens. The picture above is from the Houston County, Tenn., archives....
Family milestones are well-known as photo occasions. Births, marriages and even deaths show up in family photo collections. There's another family photo op in your family...
Here's a picture problem that family photo historians often encounter: Photos of an unnamed, unknown celebrations. It could be local event, a national holiday, or a gathering of...