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Family photo detective : learn how to find genealogy clues in old photos and solve family photo mysteries  Cover Image Book Book

Family photo detective : learn how to find genealogy clues in old photos and solve family photo mysteries / Maureen A. Taylor.

Summary:

Historical family photos offer a glimpse into the lives of our ancestors, but the images-- and the stories behind them-- often fade away as decades pass. Taylor shows you how to study the clues in your old family photos to put names to faces and recapture their lost stories.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781440324987 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 1440324980 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 173 p. : ill. (some col) ; 28 cm.
  • Publisher: Cincinnati, Ohio : Family Tree Books, c2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
"First edition published in 2000 and second edition published in 2005 as Uncovering your ancestry through family photographs." -- [p. 174].
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- Bringing the past to life -- Talking with relatives -- Cased images: daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes -- Paper prints and negatives -- Color and digital photographs -- Identifying the photographer -- Images from birth to death -- Looking for clues -- Identifying costume -- Reading the clues in photographs -- Photograph albums -- Adding up the clues.
Subject: Genealogy.
Photographs in genealogy.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Covington Branch K 929.1 T244f 2013 (Text) 33126018332407 KY Nonfiction Available -
Covington Branch K 929.1 T244f 2013 (Text) 33126024417713 KY Nonfiction Available -


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