Episode 112: Love History? You can go to History Camp Why let kids have all the fun at camp? For folks that love history see if there is a History Camp in your area and join in by presenting
Episode 111: Dating Cased Images with Sean Nolan I’ve mentioned before how the history of photography needs dedicated individuals to compile and collect bits of the story. There are so many details not covered in traditional history of
Episode 110: Best Practices for Photo Organizing It’s the beginning of the year. A good time to review the ways we approach our photos. Best practices vary based on what you are trying to accomplish. There is
Episode 109: Portable Photo Preservation: Shotbox Family history doesn’t always come in a size and shape made for scanning. Pictures can be oversize. Albums don’t lie flat. Artifacts come with the mix. What’s a family historian
Episode 108: Researching the Ships of Our Ancestors Ships passenger lists contain the name of the vessel that transported our ancestors from their homelands to the United States or travelers crossing the ocean. But do you know how
Episode 107:Holiday Photos and Caption Clues Every Fall I start mumbling about the “highway to the holidays,” that hectic time of year that consumes any leftover moments of the day with preparations. The rituals, cooking, and
Episode 106: French Fashion, World War One, And Your Ancestors A number of years ago I attended a conference in Kansas City Missouri. With a free afternoon, I decided to visit the National World War I museum. The National World
Episode 105: Women in the Dark: Female Photographers in the U.S. 1850-1900 Every so often I'll turn over an image and I'll see a woman's name as the photographer. Now I know that there were many female photographers from the daguerreotype era
Episode 104: Clues in Group Portraits and Photo Albums I’ve been delving into my family history a little more than usual and perhaps you are too. I’m also taking another look at my pictures. Examining them more closely and