The Photo Detective News
Maureen TaylorMaureen Taylor loves family photographs. All of them — from the mystery images you find in shoeboxes and albums to the pictures you snap with your digital devices.My skills live at the junction of history, genealogy and photography.
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The Mystery Women in Your Family Tree
As The Photo Detective, I spend a lot of time looking at faces—trying to put names to them, dates to them, and stories behind them.
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A Master Class in Photo Identification
You pick up a family photograph.
You stare at the faces… and they stare back.
Maybe you recognize a resemblance—a nose, a smile—but you don’t know their names. No one labeled it. Or worse, someone did… and you’re not sure it’s right.
So...
Don’t Leave Your Descendants Guessing
A cryptic caption on a 1879 photograph raises more questions than answers. The writer assumed everyone would know the details—but 147 years later, the clues are missing.
In my latest blog post, I explain why labeling your photographs prope...
Ancestry.com's Digitization Service
.Trying Ancestry’s New Digitization Service at RootsTech
One of the advantages of attending RootsTech in person is the opportunity to try new products and talk directly with the vendors who make them. One of my first stops this year was th...
A Quiet Life, A Lasting Legacy: Remembering My Nana
Eliza Jane Wilson, circa 1912. Collection of the author
She wasn’t famous. She didn’t change the course of history.
But she changed mine.
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Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective ® helps clients with photo related genealogical problems. She's made appearances on The View, The Today Show, Pawn Stars, and others.
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