The Photo Detective Podcast

Scratching your head over what your ancestor did for work? The answer is usually in a census or city directory, but it also might be in a photo. The late

Everything has a story. That hat your grandmother wore at her wedding. The china passed down for generations. A photograph perhaps. Or maybe you have inherited something else. It might

Pinup photos usually feature young barely dressed women, at least that’s what’s popularized by Sports Illustrated but suppose I told you they don’t have to be.  That you could pose

I have three uncles and a great uncle that served in the Navy during World War II. While aware of resources for images for Army service, I didn’t realize that the

A few weeks ago I was in the kitchen of a cousin on my Dad’s side scanning her photos and recording her thoughts on them.  All of a sudden she

These are very interesting times in which we’re living.  I feel the need to leave a record of this behind for my descendants and maybe you do too. Thankfully my

Family historians in the United States are likely familiar with our genealogical conferences--NGS, FGS, Regional Conferences and of course the mega conference that’s Rootstech, but there are other conferences held

It's a great time to work on your photographs. I've been working on some photo-related distractions. On the Photo Detective Facebook page there is a photo reunion challenge. Thirty days

For two decades I’ve searched for images of the Revolutionary War Generation. The individuals who lived during the war who lived long enough to be photographed. Often there is a name