In this special bundle receive the print edition of Family Photo Detective, and the print edition of Preserving Your Family Photos for a low price of $40. Regular price $59.98 and only pay $8. shipping

Historical family photos are cherished heirlooms that offer a glimpse into the lives of our ancestors. But the images, and the stories behind them, often fade away as decades pass – the who, when, where and why behind the photos are lost. In this book, photo identification expert and genealogist Maureen A. Taylor shows you how to study the clues in your old family photos to put names to faces and recapture their lost stories. In this updated and revised edition of her classic book, Preserving Your Family Photos,she outlines in straightforward steps how to add value to your home collection by using the methods that conservators and photo curators use every day!

Inside, you’ll learn how to:

• Determine the type of image you have – from common paper prints to stereographs to historical daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes.
• Use clothing, accessories, and hairstyles to date the image in the correct decade.
• Research photographer’s imprints to narrow down when and where the photo was taken.
• Compare facial features in multiple photos to confirm identity and family resemblance.
• Identify the types of damage already done to the photos in your collection
• Take care of all your photos going forward, so that damage is a thing of the past
• Preserve your digital images—for you and future generations
• Learn simple restoration fixes you can do at home.
• Understand the importance of metadata and how you can use it to preserve your family photo stories
• Properly handle cased images such as daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes
• Explore techniques to share your images
• Take advantage of low-cost alternatives to traditional photo preservation techniques
• Protect your color images and how to restore the colors at home.

Each chapter includes dozens of historical photos to illustrate key points and provide clear examples. Charts, timelines and resource lists make it easy to find the exact information you need. Dozens of case studies show you how to apply the techniques in the book to real-life photo research projects. The answers to your family photo questions are closer than you think. Let these books help you care and identify your photos today.

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Using the clues explained in this book, you can learn a surprising amount about your ancestors by studying their buns, braids and beards. This book is particularly useful to genealogists, social and personal historians, costume designers and hairstylists.  This is a completely new and revised edition of the 1996 classic and includes color illustrations of men, women, children and some very unusual styles.

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The set includes:

• Cased Image
• Prints
• Negatives
• Prints (Group Portraits)

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Historical family photos are cherished heirlooms that offer a glimpse into the lives of our ancestors. But the images, and the stories behind them, often fade away as decades pass – the who, when, where and why behind the photos are lost. In this book, photo identification expert and genealogist Maureen A. Taylor shows you how to study the clues in your old family photos to put names to faces and recapture their lost stories.

Inside, you’ll learn how to:

• Determine the type of image you have – from common paper prints to stereographs to historical daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes.
• Use clothing, accessories, and hairstyles to date the image in the correct decade.
• Research photographer’s imprints to narrow down when and where the photo was taken.
• Compare facial features in multiple photos to confirm identity and family resemblance.
• Interview family members to gather more information about the image.
• Identify props in the photo to create context for the image.

Each chapter includes dozens of historical photos to illustrate key points and provide clear examples. Charts, timelines and resource lists make it easy to find the exact information you need. Dozens of case studies show you how to apply the techniques in the book to real-life photo research projects. The answers to your family photo questions are closer than you think. Let this book help you start finding them today.

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Suppose there was a way to help people “see” their really old family photographs in color. Not those boring gray, sepia and black tones that leads many to assume their ancestors dressed like that all the time or were going to a funeral.  Nope!  Not a one of them would have been caught dead in those drab colors.   Our great great grandparent’s loved colors–bright reds, brilliant greens, rich blues and a whole range of purples.

Suddenly it hit like a thunderbolt. If we colored nineteenth century fashion plates in period accurate shades would that destroy the myth that everyone wore dark colors?  Let’s see if that’s true. You may see where I’m headed with this!

Here’s my new coloring book, starting with the 1860s.

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