Genealogy Archives - Maureen Taylor

I Tested ChatGPT on a Family Photograph. Here's What It Got Right—and Wrong

Discover how family photographs can reveal Fourth of July traditions through flags. Share your family's patriotic photos and stories

Photo Detective Tip: What Flags Can Tell You

Discover how family photographs can reveal Fourth of July traditions through flags. Share your family's patriotic photos and stories

The Stories Hidden in Family Photo Albums

As the Photo Detective, I’ve handled hundreds of photo albums—everything from 1860s carte de visite collections to black paper albums of the 1910s, oversized Gilded Age volumes that resemble family

Don’t Leave Your Descendants Guessing: How to Caption Family Photos

Sometimes captions on the back of photographs leave us wondering what the writer was thinking. The handwritten note on the back of this card photograph tells us just enough to

A Quiet Life, A Lasting Legacy: Remembering My Nana

Eliza Jane Wilson, circa 1912, photo on silk. Collection of the author In honor of International Women’s Day, I want to celebrate a woman who never appeared in headlines and

Simple Ways to Tackle Your Photos

A few weeks ago, a client asked me how to tackle the mountains of photos in her collection. She had a lot of heritage images such as cabinet cards and

Episode 259: Digging Into Civil War Pension Files with Brian Rhinehart

In this episode of The Photo Detective, host Maureen Taylor speaks with Brian Rhinehart, founder of CivilWarRecords.com, about uncovering lost Civil War history through archival research. Brian shares

Episode 258: Exploring Project Kin: Barbara Tien’s Community for Storytellers and Genealogists

Barbara Tien discusses her role as the "ringleader" of Project Kin on the Photo Detective podcast. After her startup, Ponga, shut down, Tien decided to keep her team

Episode 244:Preserving Your Legacy: Insights from Amanda Meeks of Permanent.org

In this episode of The Photo Detective, host Maureen Taylor speaks with Amanda Meeks, the Community and Partnerships Manager at Permanent.org. They discuss the recent developments at Permanent.org, focusing

Episode 239:Discovering Civil War Ancestors Through Photography: Tips and Tools for Family Historians

This solo episode of the "Photo Detective" podcast delves into the intriguing task of discovering photographs of Civil War ancestors. Host Maureen offers a wealth of strategies and resources

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