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Conversations with KenyattaA Conversation with Maureen Taylor, The Photo DetectiveSend us a textOn this episode of Conversations with Kenyatta, Kenyatta D. Berry, host of PBS' Genealogy Roadshow, and author of The Family Tree Toolkit is joined by Maureen Taylor, also known as The Photo Detective. Maureen uses photos to dig into clues about our genealogy and family history that you may have missed and even gives an example as she and Kenyatta dive into how one photo clue can change the course of your research.Find Maureen Taylor at her website at https://maureentaylor.com/, on Facebook at MaureenPhotoDetective, and on...
2021-12-2740 min
The Photo DetectiveAsk Maureen: August 2021 EditionEvery month Maureen does a live Q & A on Facebook and YouTube answering questions submitted by listeners. Have a question? Email her at photodetective@maureentaylor.comThis month’s questions:How did Maureen become The Photo Detective?Summertime hazards for photosDisaster planning tipsDid snapshots get mounted on card stock? Related Episodes:Episode 138: Ask Maureen. July 2021 EditionEpisode 125: Ask Maureen. April 2021 EditionLinks:Sign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need...
2021-08-2922 minThe Photo DetectiveAsk Maureen July 2021 EditionEvery month, Maureen tackles photo identification, photo preservation questions from those submitted through social media and email. You can submit a question through photodetective@maureentaylor.comThis 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 ma...
2021-07-2515 minThe Photo DetectiveAsk Maureen: January 2021 EditionIn this new series, you ask the questions and Maureen answers. You can email her questions at photodetective@maureentaylor.com In this edition she talks about an interesting Spanish-American War image, a type of skirt worn by women in the 1920s, and how to resize images. It’s a potpourri of photo related inquires.Related Episodes:Episode 80: Photo Fun While Stuck in the HouseLinks:View the Spanish American War image.Sign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Fa...
2021-01-3110 minThe Photo DetectivePhoto Fun While Stuck in the HouseIt’s a great time to work on your photographs. I’ve been working on some photo-related distractions.On the Photo Detective Facebook page there is a photo reunion challenge. Thirty days of identified photographs from my collection. These are images I’ve picked up here and there over the years. Help me find them a home! If you spot one of your relatives send me an email with how you’re related to them. On Instagram folks are putting together alphabets of topics. My inspiration is the alphabet of architecture started by the Providenc...
2020-04-1711 min