Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
One of the most compelling aspects of family history research is deciphering the stories hidden within our family photographs. Learn how to date and identify your photos in this episode on Genealogy TV.
👉🏻 Find Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective and all her books at maureentaylor.com/. You can purchase her books on her website and ask her to autograph them for you.
👉🏻 Sign up for the Photo Detective Newsletter at maureentaylor.com/newsletter-signup
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🔴 How to Preserve Old Photos and Scrapbooks: The Archive Lady - Melissa Barker
youtu.be/11wZOvuGtKs
🔴 Ten Places to Find Your Ancestors in Photographs
youtu.be/Or8LT0uuQ98
🔴 MyHeritage Photo Repair, Enhance, Colorize, and Animate: June 2021
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🔴 Photo Restoration Tutorial - Walls Family Part 1
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TIMING
0:00 Intro
0:03 Guest Maureen Taylor, the Photo Detective
0:34 Handout information
1:03 Tips to date & identify photos?
1:43 1) Don’t assume!
2:11 2) Don’t trust what’s on the back
3:50 Record a relative when discussing photos
5:34 Identifying types of images
7:16 MyHeritage PhotoDater feature review
10:17 Dating and identifying military uniforms
11:39 Recommended source is Osprey Press
13:35 How to identify people in group photos?
15:44 How to research a photographer or studio?
17:37 Connie’s photos
18:09 What clues can we gather about the photos?
19:06 What helps date the photo?
27:13 Using the same process with clients as with Connie’s photos
29:41 When was the photographer in business?
33:50 Where to buy Maureen Taylor’s books?
I’m a professional genealogist who loves to teach with video. It's all about genealogy, family history, and DNA to research. Goal: Create the best free genealogy videos on YouTube, teach genealogy research skills to build your family tree and research records. The best genealogy tutorial videos on “Genealogy TV” are about how to keep research notes, stay organized, genetic genealogy, find missing ancestors, find family history records, organizing DNA matches, and more. Learn genealogy for free on GTV.
#Genealogy #GenealogyTV #FamilyHistory
Music Credits for Song on Word Tree Open
Circus Waltz Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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One of the most compelling aspects of family history research is deciphering the stories hidden within our family photographs. Learn how to date and identify your photos in this episode on Genealogy TV.
👉🏻 Find Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective and all her books at maureentaylor.com/. You can purchase her books on her website and ask her to autograph them for you.
👉🏻 Sign up for the Photo Detective Newsletter at maureentaylor.com/newsletter-signup
👉🏻 Find more books and genealogy gifts and fun stuff at the Genealogy TV Shop on Amazon amzn.to/45T6Ahj
SIMILAR VIDEOS
🔴 How to Preserve Old Photos and Scrapbooks: The Archive Lady - Melissa Barker
youtu.be/11wZOvuGtKs
🔴 Ten Places to Find Your Ancestors in Photographs
youtu.be/Or8LT0uuQ98
🔴 MyHeritage Photo Repair, Enhance, Colorize, and Animate: June 2021
youtu.be/-movRaqiavo
🔴 Photo Restoration Tutorial - Walls Family Part 1
youtu.be/aUP0XRYDuDk
*** GTV Products, Websites, Handouts and Memberships ***
❤️ JOIN the GENEALOGY TV ACADEMY
genealogytv.org/about-genealogy-tv-academy
📝📝📝THREE DIFFERENT WAYS to find the HANDOUTS!
📝 1) Become a CHANNEL MEMBER at the INFO ACCESS level $9.99 per month. This gets you all the handouts. youtube.com/@genealogytv/join.
As a Channel Member, find the handouts by scrolling through the blog posts on the Community tab at youtube.com/@GenealogyTV/community
📝 2) All handouts can be PURCHASED INDIVIDUALLY ($5 and up) at genealogytv.org/handouts/. Here you will get a redirect and an email to download the handouts.
📝 3) Become a monthly PATRON at the HAPPY DANCE level ($15/Month) or more. You will get early release of the videos and the handouts are emailed to you, when they become available. patreon.com/GenealogyTV
❤️ BECOME A GENEALOGY TV CHANNEL MEMBER and help support Genealogy TV - see perks!
youtube.com/@genealogytv/join
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🌳 FREE TRIAL to ANCESTRY.com click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=h02/ybBif9I&offerid=1347376.3&type=3&subid=0
🧬Ancestry DNA Kit click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=h02/ybBif9I&offerid=1347376.2&type=3&subid=0
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🌳 Gift Subscription to Ancestry click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=h02/ybBif9I&offerid=1347376.9&type=3&subid=0
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👉 Legacy Tree Genealogists Coaching legacytree.com/genealogytv
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TIMING
0:00 Intro
0:03 Guest Maureen Taylor, the Photo Detective
0:34 Handout information
1:03 Tips to date & identify photos?
1:43 1) Don’t assume!
2:11 2) Don’t trust what’s on the back
3:50 Record a relative when discussing photos
5:34 Identifying types of images
7:16 MyHeritage PhotoDater feature review
10:17 Dating and identifying military uniforms
11:39 Recommended source is Osprey Press
13:35 How to identify people in group photos?
15:44 How to research a photographer or studio?
17:37 Connie’s photos
18:09 What clues can we gather about the photos?
19:06 What helps date the photo?
27:13 Using the same process with clients as with Connie’s photos
29:41 When was the photographer in business?
33:50 Where to buy Maureen Taylor’s books?
I’m a professional genealogist who loves to teach with video. It's all about genealogy, family history, and DNA to research. Goal: Create the best free genealogy videos on YouTube, teach genealogy research skills to build your family tree and research records. The best genealogy tutorial videos on “Genealogy TV” are about how to keep research notes, stay organized, genetic genealogy, find missing ancestors, find family history records, organizing DNA matches, and more. Learn genealogy for free on GTV.
#Genealogy #GenealogyTV #FamilyHistory
Music Credits for Song on Word Tree Open
Circus Waltz Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
