Every month, Maureen tackles photo identification, photo preservation questions from those submitted through social media and email. You can submit a question through photodetective@maureentaylor.com
This month’s questions:
- After scanning portraits, what to do concerning saving or discarding the card stock photo frame/folders. Will that card stock damage the photo long-term?
- What should I use to mark the back of un-mounted tintypes?
- I inherited family pictures that are incredibly old. Many of them are in old scrapbooks that are slowly deteriorating with age. I know there are facts written on the back of many photos, but I am torn about taking the albums apart to organize and store vs keeping them as I received them where someone put a lot of thought into it at the time. Thoughts or suggestions to offer?
- If I am scanning and saving documents for family archival purposes, what is the best way to title each picture when I save it? Also, should I save it as a tiff or jpg?
- I know this has been asked before, but what pen/pencil should I use to identify photos?
- Any updates on the family movies you sent out? How are you planning to save and share any digital versions?
- I have inherited a large collection of photos from my mother-in-law’s school. How can I get them online so that people can find them?
- Our poor coal miner /steelworker ancestors in the 1900’s took quite large wedding photos. Where might one find the cost of a photo like this way back then?
Related Episodes:
Episode 125: Ask Maureen April 2021
Episode 117: Ask Maureen February 2021
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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
I'm thrilled to be offering something new. Photo investigations. These collaborative one-on-one sessions. Look at your family photos then you and I meet to discuss your mystery images. And find out how each clue and hint might contribute to your family history. Find out more by going to maureentaylor.com and clicking on family photo investigations.
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