“I was recently in a chat room and read a post asking who to contact to get professional information on preserving a recently discovered family photo album. I typed ‘Maureen Taylor.’ I didn’t have to ponder that question.
“I would have given the same answer if asked who to contact for books on preserving photos, or photo sleuthing, or the history of photos, or basically anything regarding keeping these precious images safe and secure.
“I love easy questions.”
Joe Bott, DeadFred.com
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The Photo Detective’s Recommended Books
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The presence of everyday people in most of these images—many of them gazing directly into the camera lens—provokes the imagination: Who were they? How did they live? Were their lives so very different from our own? Through insightful analysis, Taylor illuminates the images, reading a sign in a corner, showing how a city square evolved over decades, pointing out a sole child in a line-up of war veterans and speculating on why he was there. This is a book to dwell on and dream over. It brings historic Rhode Island back to us as few books do or could. |
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Featuring 75-plus gorgeous historic photographs from the 1800s to today, this updated edition shows genealogists, scrapbookers, and history buffs how to delve into the mysteries posed by family photographs. Taylor demonstrates how to examine photos for clues such as type of photographic print, costume, family resemblance, and photographers’ marks. Particularly illuminating are the history of photographic methods and the chart of fashion characteristics by time period.
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See how scrapbookers and beginning genealogists can uncover their ancestry and display it in an attractive, well-organized heritage album. Learn how to choose items already in your family's possession for presentation in a scrapbook. Using the tips from this book, find and identify family photographs, and locate and interpret historical documents about your ancestors. Discover new information from old postcards, keepsakes, and other family artifacts. Tell the story of your family in different ways, and take your research beyond the limits of a heritage album.
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Genealogists and non-genealogists alike love old photographs and many people have photo collections of their ancestors. Preserving Your Family Photographs shows how to organize and store these photos so that future generations can also enjoy them. Readers will learn how to care for family photos, identify different types of damage, learn basic conservation techniques, buy the proper storage materials, then organize the family photo archive and safely display it for all to see.
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This book can help you uncover the secrets and adventures of your own family in the “personal detective story” that is genealogy. Written especially for children, Through the Eyes of Your Ancestors presents an easy-to-follow approach to the fascinating hobby of genealogy. From lists of helpful organizations to suggested interview questions, computer programs and websites, this guide will help children become family historians. |
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