Un-named Old Photos
Posted by: terribrown
17th Jul 2010 01:24pm
Since I started tracing my Family tree I have noticed how frequently our parents and grandparents either neglected to name people in their family snapshots or just labled them , for example, 'Mums sister' or 'Uncle Alf'.
I myself have a box of about 400 wonderful old family photos - with absolutely no idea at all who the people were and how they are related to me.
With the now advent of digital photos it is probable that this problem is going to get worse.
I have tried identifying them through the photography studio marked on the back but most of these are now out of existence.
Does any-one else share my frustration about this issue.?
Kiwi chick
- 9th Feb 2011 10:58pm
Photo recognition software may very well help as once you have one or two identified it will help with others. The many genealogy magazines available can often help tie down a date as they use the type of photo and the clothes as clues.
I have scanned all my hard copy photos and saved them to disk as a backup and I also have a portable hard drive I use for backing up. I also have a digital photo frame so there are several backups should disaster strike.
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