Photo Detective: Sibling Portrait Rivalry Premium
Irene Uffrecht-Peters knows the names of the boys, but not the girls, in this captivating photograph of the Schiff children taken in Germany. Family lore identifies the little boy left front as her great-grandfather Ludwig Schiff (born 1864). His other brothers Felix (1854) and Paul (1862) are most likely...
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For my last column, I borrowed techniques from "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?": I asked the audience and phoned a friend. Several of you responded to my request for ideas about the blossoms on the ladies in this group portrait. Here's what I learned: A...
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Judy Craven owns an adorable photograph of a toddler, but there are two problems. She can't date the picture and has no idea if the child is a boy or a girl. When her mother-in-law died, Craven and her husband inherited a bag of family photographs. Her mother-in-law took...
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Rosemary U'Ren submitted this photograph, which was left behind in her uncle Frank's boxes of unorganized photographs and genealogical notes. In preparation for writing a family history, Frank had begun labeling the pictures, but he never finished. Now U'Ren wants to complete the job of identifying the pictures and researching...
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Photo Detective: Success Stories Premium
Every other week, I select a photograph from the piles of unique and special pictures people send for identification. You probably don't know that several thousand readers check out this column each month and that submissions come from around the world—some from as far away as New Zealand, and an...
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No doubt about it, Michael R. Boyce has spent a lot of time working on his family history. He's discovered that some of the stories his father told him appear to be true—such as being related to a Dutch sea captain. He's also uncovered photographs of many of...
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"My mother came up with a fabulous gift today—a small box of photographs," writes Judy Noel in her e-mail that accompanied this picture. As with all boxes of family photographs, some are identified while others are unknown. Of course, there are also those images that seem...
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Helen Kesinger owns a special family treasure. It's a photograph album with an inscription: "Atchison, KS, Sept. 30, 1877. Dear Louise! Accept this album as a token of kind remembrance of your true and affectionate grandmother, Wilhelmine Scherer." This token of affection from a grandmother to her granddaughter...
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