A trip to the local outdoor flea market taught me a few things about how non-genealogists feel about pictures. Today my guest is Shannon Uschold of GenerationStory, a free iOS and desktop app to help you save the stories of family artifacts. She released the GenerationStory app in 2015.
The Photo Detective Podcast
Episode 18: Found Photos and My Unexpected Discovery
https://vimeo.com/280951800 A story about one woman’s photo discovery at Goodwill made the news. It made me think about the photo terminology you see online. What’s a found photo? What’s an orphan photo? I gave these questions a lot of thought and came up with an opinion. Listen in and let me know if you agree.…
Episode 17: Stop Trashing Photos
My daughter’s teary eyes at discovering a tossed photo were the inspiration for a recent blog post, Let’s Stop Trashing Family Photos. It struck a nerve with my readers too. My inbox and FB page were flooded with responses. Listen to their emails in this edition of The Photo Detective.
Episode 16: Finding Family on Ebay
A colleague emailed me this week to tell me about a set of Rhode Island manuscript volumes on eBay. It was a reminder that you never know what you’re going to find on eBay. Family photos? Absolutely. Images of ancestral hometowns? Definitely. Just about anything can be listed on eBay. In this episode of The Photo…
Episode 15: MemoryWeb
If you’ve ever wondered how to connect all your family photos with your genealogy, then you need to listen to this episode of The Photo Detective Podcast. My guest is Christopher Desmond of Memory Web. Memory Web syncs to Google Drive, Dropbox, Instagram, FamilySearch, Facebook, and Flickr making it easy to transfer your photos to…
Episode 14: Finding Family Photos
A listener, Deborah Stock, asked me to talk about how to find family photos. There are photos everywhere from genealogical databases, to books. There is no quick way to search for photos online. It takes time and methodology. Tips Try making a list for each ancestor. Where they lived? Where they worked? Their activities. Then…
Episode 13: Ancestry Search Tips
In this episode of The Photo Detective, Julianna Szucs of Ancestry.com explains how to search this mega genealogy site. She covers general search strategies, global searches, category searches as well as how to find what you need in individual collections. My personal favorite tip is how to use three different types of wildcard searches. I…
Episode 12: RootsTech 2018
Tara Bergeson of FamilySearch.org joined me to talk about RootsTech 2018. They have an outstanding line-up of events including a Wednesday night opening of the Expo Hall, a celebration of the Greatest Generation, and “My Family, Mi Herencia”, a Luz de Las Naciones production on Saturday evening.
Episode 11: My Heritage Photo Discoveries
In this episode of Ask Maureen, I’m talking with Genealogy Expert, Daniel Horowitz of MyHeritage. We did a demo of one of the really cool features of their instant discoveries option. You upload photos to your MyHeritage.com family tree website and then the matching happens. It sounds complicated and technical but follow along as Daniel…
Bonus Episode: Beth Forester from Animoto
https://player.vimeo.com/video/238825200 Show Notes In this episode of Ask Maureen, I interviewed special guest Beth Forester from Animoto to talk about the power of video and family history. Beth weighed in on how to make a video, the importance of labeling photos in your production and a lot more. I first met Beth at a Rootstech…