gravestones Archives - Maureen Taylor The Photo Detective Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:29:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://maureentaylor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-site-icon-32x32.png gravestones Archives - Maureen Taylor 32 32 99869351 Episode 246: Uncovering History with Kurt Deion: A Journey to Every Presidential Grave https://maureentaylor.com/episode-246-uncovering-history-with-kurt-deion-a-journey-to-every-presidential-grave/ Sun, 06 Oct 2024 04:02:41 +0000 https://maureentaylor.com/?p=81551   Kurt Deion, author of Presidential Grave Hunter, shares his lifelong journey of visiting every U.S. president and vice president’s grave. Sparked by early interests in presidential history and inspired by books and family trips, Kurt’s unique quest began in childhood. His book combines memoir and historical facts, recounting adventures and discoveries at burial sites. […]

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Kurt Deion, author of Presidential Grave Hunter, shares his lifelong journey of visiting every U.S. president and vice president’s grave. Sparked by early interests in presidential history and inspired by books and family trips, Kurt’s unique quest began in childhood. His book combines memoir and historical facts, recounting adventures and discoveries at burial sites. Besides graves, Kurt has explored presidential libraries, capturing memories through photographs. He continues his historical pursuits, researching and visiting various historical figures, reflecting his deep passion for public and presidential history.

  •  Kurt’s fascination with presidential history began at age seven, spurred by the book So You Want to Be President?

  •  The idea to visit presidential graves was inspired by a C-SPAN book talk and familial support.

  •  Kurt has visited the graves of all U.S. presidents and vice presidents, documenting these visits in his book.

  •  He emphasizes the importance of photographs for documenting and sharing historical sites.

  •  Kurt continues to explore and document other historical figures, expanding beyond presidential history.

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About My Guest:

Kurt Deion is a public historian, author, guest speaker, and presidential expert for RoadsideAmerica.com. He holds an M.A. in history. At age 14 he launched kurtshistoricsites.com as a means to both document his travels and to encourage others to visit gravesites and engage in hands-on history. His website and his cemetery pilgrimages were the subject of a 2015 interview on the C-SPAN show “Q&A.”

He currently works as an education specialist at Historic Congressional Cemetery and since 2023 has been a White House Historical Association next-gen leader.

About Maureen Taylor:

Maureen Taylor, The Photo DetectiveÒhelps clients with photo related genealogical problems. Her pioneering work in historic photo research has earned her the title “the nation’s foremost historical photo detective” by The Wall Street Journal and appearances on The View, The Today Show, Pawn Stars, and others.   Learn more at Maureentaylor.com

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]]> 81551 Episode 148: Early Photographs on Headstones with Elliot Conte https://maureentaylor.com/episode-148-early-photographs-on-headstones-with-elliot-conte/ Sun, 03 Oct 2021 04:01:00 +0000 https://maureentaylor.com/?p=69899 Genealogists love going to cemeteries to view the resting place of ancestors. Information and symbolism on stones vary depending on the time period.  Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, some gravestones featured photographs.  Have you ever seen one?  My guest has. He’s been wandering in rural cemeteries in Maine to find out more about the practice.   […]

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Genealogists love going to cemeteries to view the resting place of ancestors. Information and symbolism on stones vary depending on the time period.  Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, some gravestones featured photographs.  Have you ever seen one?  My guest has. He’s been wandering in rural cemeteries in Maine to find out more about the practice.  

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About My Guest:

Over the past 11 years, Elliot Conte has collected, studied, and made daguerreotypes. He gave a talk on his research on daguerreotypes in cemeteries at the Nelson Atkins Museum and wrote an article on the topic for The Daguerreian Annual

About Maureen Taylor:

Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London, and Canada.  She’s the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She’s been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany’s top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website, and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles, and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.com

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