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    Genealogy Research and Those Photographs
    Genealogy Research and Those Photographs
    Genealogy Research and Those Photographs
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    Genealogy Research and Those Photographs

    By D. M. Kalten

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    Have you ever found old family photographs, looked at them and felt totally lost concerning who the people are that are shown in them? Maybe you have an inherited old family album with no notes, no names, no dates, nothing to even begin to give you a hint of what you are holding in your hands. You don’t know who the people are, the year or years or where they were taken at. One or some of the photos may appear to be a special days but you have no idea what the events were.

    As you begin to unravel the mysteries you hold, also think about the photographs that your parents and you have and will take, and begin documenting in a permanent way so information is not lost or lost again.

    This book will show you how to document photographs and allow you to keep information with the photographs, but yet not alter the originals. Preservation and no damage are key factors.

    This book does include photograph samples to guide and also give you ideas.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKalten
    Release dateOct 9, 2015
    ISBN9781519999535
    Genealogy Research and Those Photographs
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    D. M. Kalten

    Having raised a dyslexic son, I did a lot of searching for things that he enjoyed listening to as he would try to follow along as I read to him. Most were historic items that helped teach him history with stories about dogs being his favorite. The historic words did make him think along with helping him retain the spellings and meanings of many words, plus I would explain situations with the stories. Those collections, that took years to build, are now going into book forms.

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      Genealogy Research and Those Photographs - D. M. Kalten

      Introduction

      Have you ever found old family photographs, looked at them and felt totally lost concerning who the people are that are shown in them? Maybe you have an inherited old family album with no notes, no names, no dates, nothing to even begin to give you a hint of what you are holding in your hands. You don’t know who the people are, the year or years or where they were taken at. One or some of the photos may appear to be a special days but you have no idea what the events were.

      As you begin to unravel the mysteries you hold, also think about the photographs that your parents and you have and will take, and begin documenting in a permanent way so information is not lost or lost again.

      This book will show you how to document photographs and allow you to keep information with the photographs, but yet not alter the originals. Preservation and no damage are key factors.

      Some avenues to finding answers with older photographs are:

      (1) It is a profession photograph and shows the name and address of the photographer. You can determine the approximate year of the photograph by finding records of when that photographer was in business at that address.

      (2) By comparing the style of clothing you are able to identify a time period.

      (3) You can identify or recognize younger people in a group photograph which helps date the photograph. It also helps by knowing the names of who that person would be related to.

      (4) You find other family members who have the same or a similar photograph and they do have information about the person, place and maybe the year of the photograph.

      (5) The process of elimination by face features where other photographs lead to that person being the same person as shown in other photographs but at another age. These would be categorized as ‘Appears to be ...’ along with your reasons for saying so.

      This book does include photograph samples to guide and also give you ideas.

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      Chapter One. Where You Start

      There you sit with a group of old photographs and you have absolutely no idea what you have. You don’t know if it is from your mothers’ family, your fathers’ family or how many generations back they go. You wonder why someone in the past didn’t at least put a name with the person or people shown in the views.

      You don’t know where to begin but you know you want to figure it out and you want to document it. You have figured out that you should scan it so you can email it to various family connections with hopes that you can get some answers. That scan is actually your first step with permanent documentation for that or those photos. This book will show you how to do it a little differently so you can clearly document and re-document if needed.

      Following are some things you do want to know as they each help tell ‘the story’ concerning a photograph. You can actually put those questions as part of a view, but

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