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The Photo Detective — 276 episodes

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The Wreck of the Mentor: Eric Jay Dolin on Whaling, Shipwrecks, and Maritime Family History

2

Finding Hidden Nuns in Your Family Tree: Researching Catholic Sisters with Sunny Morton

3

How Forever.com is Revolutionizing Digital Memory Preservation

4

Military Images Magazine’s Ron Coddington Shares the Stories Behind Civil War Photos

5

Spared and Shared: How One Man Made Civil War History Accessible to All

6

The Art of French Wallpaper: RISD Museum's Stunning Historical Showcase

7

A History of the American Bookstore with Author Evan Friss

8

Family Photos and Preserving Your Memories

9

Diahan Southard’s ‘Monday Minutes’: Transforming Personal Reflections into Genealogical Gold

10

The Photo Marketplace Shift: What It Means for Your Memories

11

Digging Into Civil War Pension Files with Brian Rhinehart

12

Exploring Project Kin: Barbara Tien's Community for Storytellers and Genealogists

13

Fileshadow News. Photos of Famous People. Photo Detecting Clues

14

Seth Rockman on Plantation Goods: Unveiling Material History of American Slavery

15

The Power of Knitting: History, Healing, and Resilience in Loretta Napoleoni's Book

16

Solving Family Photo Mysteries: A Journey with The Photo Detective

17

Preserving Everyday History: Kiki Smith's Journey with the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection

18

Author Paul Frecker Discusses Cartomania: The Intersection of Photography and Fame

19

Through the Lens: Unveiling Family Stories

20

Telling Her Story: How to Research and Write Women's Histories with Sharon Carmack

21

The Beginner's Guide to Cemetery Sleuthing with Author Erin Moulton

22

Genealogy Travel Tips: How to Plan an Effective Ancestral Research Trip

23

Trailblazing Women Behind the Camera: A Deep Dive with Katherine Manthorne

24

Uncovering History with Kurt Deion: A Journey to Every Presidential Grave

25

The Enduring Legacy of Tintypes: From Civil War Soldiers to Contemporary Artists

26

Preserving Your Legacy: Insights from Amanda Meeks of Permanent.org

27

The Hidden History of Pockets: A Conversation with Hannah Carlson

28

Uncovering the Past Through Postcards with Maureen Taylor

29

Threads of Life: Unraveling the Rich Tapestry of Sewing with author Clare Hunter

30

The Hidden Stories of Tattooing: Dr. Matt Lodder on Tattoos in Photography and Society

31

Discovering Civil War Ancestors Through Photography: Tips and Tools for Family Historians

32

Uncovering Manchester’s Dark Past: Dr. Dean Kirby on Angel Meadow and the Victorian Slums

33

How Storied.com Transforms Family History into Captivating Stories

34

How to Manage and Remove Duplicate Photos for Genealogy Projects

35

Exploring Ancestry.com’s New Photo and Storytelling Features with Crista Cowan

36

Transforming Photo Organization: Insights from Mylio's Founder David Vascovich

37

Essential Genealogy Organization Tips: Listener Advice

38

Harnessing AI for Family Photo Tasks with Steve Little and Mark Thompson

39

Navigating the New Era of AI in Genealogy with Steve Little and Mark Thompson

40

Unlocking Family Secrets: Expert Tips on Interviewing Relatives for Genealogy

41

Savoring the Story: Andrew Scravani on the Intersection of Food, Photography, and Life

42

Digitize Your Past: How ScanMyPhotos.com Transformed Photo Preservation

43

Tracing Your Roots: Key Strategies for New Genealogists

44

The Power of Relatives at RootsTech with Elizabeth Swanay O’Neal

45

Joseph Quaderer Democratizing Biographies with StorySavor.com

46

Rediscovered Memories: The Unexpected Return of Family Movies

47

Past Preserved: Julian Rebello's Mission to Reunite Lost Heirlooms

48

Discovering the World Through Lenses: Dr. Michael Pritchard and the History of Photography

49

Permanent Digital Storage Solutions with Tammy Kirby of Forever.com

50

Dress Codes and Fashion Rules Through History with Richard Thompson Ford

51

Preserving Local History Through Film: A Conversation with Northeast Historic Film

52

The Encyclopedia of Things with creator Elisabeth Smolarz

53

Collecting Photographs with Greg French of Greg French Early Photography

54

The Story Behind Twentieth Century Skirts with Dr. Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

55

Meet Me At The Biltmore with Author Amanda Blount

56

216 From Bustles to Broadway with Heather Radke

57

Mourning Jewelry Curiosities with Amanda Soth

58

Egyptomania and Your Family Photos: Fashion Repeats

59

Family Tree Magazine with Editor Andrew Koch

60

History through Fiction with Colin Mustful

61

The Dress Diary of Anne Sykes with Dr. Kate Strasdin

62

Seeing Double: Talking Look-alikes with Francois Brunnelle

63

The Family Photo Detective

64

An Underutilized Resource: The Newberry Library

65

Numbers to Names: A Holocaust Photo Database

66

Found in an Attic, Returned to Family with Trevor Mattea

67

The Many Shades of Blue: Cyanotypes with Sabine Ocker

68

ChatGPT and Image Generators: What You Need to Know

69

Recipes on Gravestones with Rosie Grant

70

The Story Behind President Lincoln's Portrait

71

Tips for Organizing with Darla DeMorrow owner of HeartWork Organizing

72

Organize with FileShadow.com

73

A Conversation with Kenyatta D. Berry

74

A Sewing Girl's Tale with John Wood Sweet

75

What You Need to Know About Heraldry with Dr. Nathaniel Taylor

76

Early Color Photographs and More: American Museum of Photography™

77

Imperfect History with Curator Sarah Weatherwax

78

Katherine Howe on Writing from the Salem Witches to Gloria Vanderbilt

79

Biograph: A Facebook Alternative with Co-founder Aaron Greenberg

80

Stereographs with Pascal Martiné of Stereosite.com

81

Photo Reminiscence Therapy and Family Photos with Rick Voight of Vivid-Pix

82

Matthew Pearl on Narrative Non-Fiction & The Taking of Jemima Boone

83

Writing Genealogical Crime Mysteries

84

Historical Fiction Revealed with Carrie Deming of The Dog Eared Book

85

Reading with Robin's Historical Fiction Picks

86

Building a Story with the Ancestry App

87

Fashion History on Twitter with Dr. Kate Strasdin

88

Genealogy on TikTok with Gwyneth.Stories

89

Byte4Byte: Permanent.org's Grant for Non-Profits

90

History Galore at the Maine Memory Network with Kathy Amoroso

91

The Archive Lady Melissa Barker

92

Clothing Care at the New Canaan Historical Society

93

Photos, Memories, and English Genealogy with Emma Jolly

94

How to Organize Photos Before Scanning with Nancy Desmond

95

An Iconic WWII Photo Identified

96

Wild About Wildcards with Amy Johnson Crow

97

Ancestor Trouble with Maud Newton

98

Cabinet Card Photos Transformed Into Art with Tom Butler

99

A Case of Mistaken Identity: Sue's Wedding Photo Reunion

100

Cabinet Cards of Broadway and Silver Screen Stars with David Shields

101

Vintage Photo Finds with B. Wells Douglas

102

Make Your Ancestors Talk with MyHeritage.com's LIVE Story

103

Snapshot Cameras in Your Family with Peter Dumas

104

How to Spot a Daguerreotype Copy with Erin Waters

105

We're All Related with A.J. Jacobs

106

Victorian Photo Studio Secrets

107

Picturing Frederick Douglass

108

Reading the Clues in World War One Snapshots with Curator Lora Vogt

109

Taking Care of Your Home Movies with Becca Bender

110

Saving the Sounds of Our Past with the New York Public Library

111

Preserving Your Life with Gaylord Archival

112

Creating a Digital Archive with Permanent.org

113

Ask Maureen December 2021

114

Shot Heard Round the World at the Concord Museum

115

How To Tell a Family History Story in Six Minutes

116

Find Your Family Farm on VintageAerial.com

117

Stitching on Pictures: Stitchography by Emma

118

Ask Maureen November 2021

119

Ancestral Handbag History with Curator Jessica Harpley

120

Walking Sticks and Canes in Family Photographs

121

Ellis Island Images Identified with LouisTakács

122

Ask Maureen October 2021

123

Ghost Hunting Photo Clues with Dustin Pari

124

Victorian Mourning Curiosities with Kate Kierstead

125

Rediscovered Photos of an American Medium with Sharon Carmack

126

Early Photographs on Headstones with Elliot Conte

127

Ask Maureen: September 2021

128

Using Twitter for a Photo Reunion

129

Orphan Photos Reunited

130

A Ten Year Photo Identification Journey

131

Ask Maureen: August 2021 Edition

132

Vintage Aerial Photos

133

Postal History Stories of Selling and Collecting with Jim Mehrer

134

Talking Postcards with The Postcardist

135

Collecting Postcards for a Half Century with Mark Routh

136

Ask Maureen July 2021 Edition

137

The Walls Can Talk: Finding History in a Hidden Room With David Whitcomb

138

A Lifetime of Love: Collecting Images of New York City with Ray Simone

139

Stitch by Stitch: Saving Historic Clothing a Piece at a Time

140

Unlocking the Shoebox--Digitize, Identify, and Organize Your Family Photos

141

Loving: A History of Men in Love 1850-1950

142

The Wedding Detectives Charlotte Sibtain and Cole Moreton

143

Visualizing Equality: African American Rights in Photographs and Drawings with Dr. Aston Gonzalez

144

Ask Maureen: May 2021

145

Using Photos to Create Heirlooms with GenerationStory

146

National Photography Month Activities

147

Beautiful but Deadly: Toxic Fashion and Criminal Dress with Dr. Allison Matthews David

148

Passed and Present: Keeping Memories of Loved One's Alive with Allison Gilbert

149

Ask Maureen: April 2021

150

The Shot Heard Round the World at The Concord Museum

151

America's Pandemic Pastime: Making Photo Reunions Happen

152

Reproducing History and Protecting the Past: One Cased Image at a Time

153

Ask Maureen: March 2021 Edition

154

Good Pictures: Amateur Photography and Our Family with Art Historian Kim Beil

155

Dressing for the Camera: Rules Our Foremothers Followed (and Sometimes Broke)

156

Eliza Hamilton Revealed with author Susan Holloway Scott

157

Ask Maureen: February 2021 Edition

158

Tintypes Made for Movies and Television

159

America and the Tintype with Steven Kasher

160

Lost History Rediscovered (in the Recycling)

161

Identifying and Caring for Tintypes

162

Modern Tintypes Made With History

163

Ask Maureen: January 2021 Edition

164

Love History? You Can Go to History Camp

165

Dating Cased Images with Sean William Nolan

166

Best Practices for Photo Organizing

167

Portable Photo Preservation

168

Researching the Ships of Our Ancestors

169

Holiday Photos and Caption Clues

170

French Fashion, World War One, and Your Ancestors

171

Women in the Dark: Female Photographers in the U.S. 1850-1900

172

Clues in Group Portraits and Photo Albums

173

Organize, Preserve, and Share with Collectionaire.com

174

Recreate Victorian Decor with Photo Clues

175

Rediscovering an American Community of Color

176

The 100th Episode Celebration

177

The Nation's Photo Collection with Curator Shannon Perich

178

Collect Photo Stories with Storyglory

179

So You Have a Mystery Photo? And Timeline Help

180

Photo Fakes with Michael Medhurst of the Daguerreian Society

181

How to Save Your Family Archive with Permanent.org

182

Dead Still: A Postmortem Photography and Crime Fiction Program

183

1918 Pandemic Fashion and Tips for Analyzing Clothing Clues

184

What You Need to Know About Metadata

185

Suffragists and Suffragettes: Fashion and the Vote

186

Ancestral Swimwear and a Passion for Pictures

187

Is Family History Part of Your Personality?

188

Ancestral Tours of Battlefields and Bonefields

189

Our Ancestors at Work

190

Every "Thing" Tells a Story with Show and Tales Martie McNabb

191

Pinup Photos and the Modern Woman

192

U.S. Naval Photo Collections: Online Resources You Can Use

193

Your Favorite Photos and Mine

194

Building An Archive For Our Time

195

The Genealogy Show in England

196

Photo Fun While Stuck in the House

197

The American Revolution and Abraham Lincoln

198

A Grandmother's Gift

199

Interviewing Relatives: A Conversation with Personal Biographer Francie King

200

Who's That Baby? Tips for Solving Snapshot Mysteries

201

One Man's World War One Journey

202

Big News For Family Photos on MyHeritage.com

203

What I Learned Using a Digital Photo Organizer

204

Wearing the Past: A Modern Woman's Fascination with Period Dress

205

Colorizing the Past with The Photo Alchemist

206

Preservation Hacks

207

Masterclass: Digital Photo Organizing with Memory Web

208

52 Weeks of Ancestors with Amy Johnson Crow

209

Solving Photo Mysteries

210

Family History Films You Can Make

211

Lost Films Need Your Help

212

Save Your Pictures with the Right Stuff

213

A Few Of My Favorite Photo Identification Tools

214

The Secret Wife Of Aaron Burr with Susan Holloway Scott

215

Mourning Jewelry: Fact or Fiction

216

Finding Pictures of Your Civil War Ancestors

217

The Vivid-Pix Fix and a Contest

218

Organizing Photos with Memory Web

219

Family Pictures USA with Producer Don Perry

220

Disaster Preparedness for the Family Photo Archive

221

Photos of Our Mill-Working Ancestors

222

Family Reunion Photos: Sorting Out the Clues

223

Our Cards.com: Playing with a Full Deck of Ancestors

224

Our Picture-Taking Ancestors and Flea Market Finds

225

Family Reunion Planning

226

Scan My Photos

227

Women Patriots with Mary Tedesco of the Genealogy Roadshow

228

Finding Images of Your Ancestors

229

Women of the Revolution

230

Benson Lossing - Revolutionary Traveler

231

Vintage Wedding Planning & Photo Clues

232

Vintage Wedding Photos

233

Wedding Day Photo Clues

234

Episode 42: Scott Fisher of Extreme Genes

235

Episode 41: Revolution Place: Where Kids Learn History

236

Episode 40: The Dead Pixels Society

237

Finding Identity and Connection in Your Family Photographs

238

The Last Muster Journey

239

What's New With Vivid-Pix Restore?

240

Visual Face Recognition

241

My Family Resemblance

242

Sharing Photos Online

243

Spring Cleaning Your Photos

244

The Man Behind Dead Fred

245

A Word War I Resource

246

Wedding Clues, Rootstech Tips

247

Old Providence - Time Travel At Your Desk

248

Charting Your Family History

249

DNA And Your Photos

250

Making The Last Muster Movie

251

A VividPix Redux

252

Civil War Photo Sleuth

253

MemoryWeb

254

The Literary Detective

255

The Gravestone Girls

256

VividPix

257

GenerationStory App

258

Found Photos & My Unexpected Discovery

259

Stop Trashing Photos

260

Finding Family on Ebay

261

MemoryWeb

262

Finding Family Photos

263

Ancestry Search Tips

264

RootsTech 2018

265

My Heritage Photo Discoveries

266

Interview With Beth Forester of Animoto

267

Animoto

268

Family History Videos

269

Google’s "We Wear Culture!"

270

Orphan Photos

271

Photo Tips & Tricks

272

MetaData & Online Posting

273

The Last Muster

274

Answering Listener’s Questions

275

Ask Maureen

276

How I Became The Photo Detective