Kathy’s Corner » Metadata and Other Strategies with Guest Maureen Taylor » October 2025

Thank you, Bill Moore, Cynthia Boatright Raleigh, Faith Van Wart, Lynda HeinesLinda Teather, and so many more for joining us today. Your support, encouragement, and feedback keep us going. Drop a ❤️ below to help these programs reach a larger audience. As Projectkin, we’re hooked on family history stories. So often, these stories start with the stuff left for us by our ancestors. In Kathy’s Corner, it helps us sort through and make sense of our collections of photographs, documents, and other artifacts. Her decades of experience as a professional photo organizer give her special insight into the field. See upcoming events here.Did a friend share this post? Fantastic! Learn more about Projectkin and join our community of family historians hooked on stories. Projectkin.org/about.We were delighted to welcome Maureen Taylor as our special guest. As a former curator at a historical society, Maureen knows how to make sense of photographs and family history. As she puts it, her skills are at the junction of history, genealogy, and photography. You can follow Maureen on her YouTube channel here. Kathy referenced just two of her many well-known books; you’ll find more books, courses, and tools on her website.* Preserving Your Family Photographs* Family Photo Detective 2023Maureen’s talents make her the perfect person to discuss metadata, a long-time challenge for genealogists and photo organizers.Today’s discussions covered a range of topics from* A basic introduction to the term and its history in photography. * The conflict between the metadata use case for genealogists and the privacy exposure it creates for use in social media. Resources MentionedMaureen’s posts & publications* Metadata playlist on YouTubeOrganizations & specifications* The International Press Telecommunications Council — IPTC.org * Photo Metadata IPTC Standard* Exchangeable Image File Format (EXIF) Family summary from the US Library of CongressTools and platforms that leverage image metadata for genealogists* Vivid-Pix* Adobe Bridge* Mylio* ForeverPlatforms for comparing images without the use of metadata* From Google* Images.Google.com (drag-and-drop image file to search) * Google Lens (works in Chrome and Google Photos mobile app)* Tineye.comPrivacy Issue in Image MetadataA summary of privacy concerns when data is included with images shared on social media has spawned a series of platforms to strip metadata from images. There are a variety of these tools online, including Metadata2go, and PrivacyStrip, to name just two.Learn more about Kathy’s Coaching.As Projectkin, we’re here to help families tell their stories in any form. I feel strongly that our collections of photos and other artifacts are key to our memories and, in turn, our stories. Have a friend who may benefit from this? Please share it and invite them to join us,Date change: Our usual date for Kathy’s Corner in November coincides with American Thanksgiving. A month later, it lands on Christmas Day. To work around that, we’ll combine our November and December programs into a special Kathy’s Corner event on December 5.Our program on December 4th will be a special interactive program titled “Postcards: Pictures, Stories, Art, and History.” Bring your postcard and story, and tell us about it! If you can bring a postcard, please let Kathy know so she can adjust our timing so everyone can participate. Get full access to Projectkin at projectkin.substack.com/subscribe