Church Clues
Jan Oliver thinks this picture of an older man and a younger woman shows her great-grandfather John Henry Smith (born 1861) and his daughter Alice (life dates 1888 to 1962). Oliver knows Smith was alive in 1921, but she can’t find mention of him after that year. Will this photo...
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Making Dates
Questions from readers of this Identifying Family Photographs column range from "which wife is it?" to the more-general "who is it?" A date for this photo would go a long way to help Kellee Eubanks-Stevenson determine the woman's name. Is it her great-great-grandmother, who lived from 1842...
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You’re Kidding
Kathy Culbert owns this carte de visite captioned "Dora and Frank" and is having trouble dating it. Children's clothing can be confusing. Mothers often dressed boys like girls until they were school age, but you can tell the difference by their hair. Girls had center parts; boys had side parts...
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Photo Detective: The Paper Trail Premium
A rare photograph leads researchers back to the 1840s.
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Copying Photos and Copyright Concerns Premium
Is it legal to copy professional-taken photos at an in-store photo kiosk? It depends. Our photo expert weighs in.
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Photo Detective: Wedding-Bell Clues Premium
Vow to name the newlyweds in your family photo collection by following these identification dos and don'ts.
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6 Photo Sources for Hard-to-Find Ancestors Premium
Just because many of your ancestors lived before the invention of photography doesn't mean there are no pictures of them. Start your search for portraits and descriptions of pre-photography ancestors with these six sources.
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Now What? Photographic Memories Premium
I want to find school pictures and other pictures of my Jackalow family, who came over to Ellis Island in 1914. How can I track them down?
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Immigrant Images Premium
Dig out your old photographs of ancestors in foreign lands and their new homes — they might unlock answers about your family's immigrant origins.
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