Ebook: Tracing Your Ancestors Through Family Photographs

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Picture Credits; Introduction; Part 1: Dating Family Photographs; Chapter 1: Recognising Different Types of Photograph; Chapter 2: Investigating Photographers and Studios; Chapter 3: Dating Professional Photographic Card Mounts; Chapter 4: Dating the Visual Image: Studio Portraits and Outdoor Scenes; Chapter 5: Dating the Visual Image: Fashion Clues; Part 2: Studying Family Photographs; Chapter 6: Professional Portraits: Identifying the Occasion; Chapter 7: Photographic Copies; Chapter 8: Inherited Photograph Albums.;Jayne Shrimpton''s complete guide to dating, analysing and understanding family photographs is essential reading and reference for anyone undertaking genealogical and local history research. Using over 150 old photographs as examples, she shows how such images can give a direct insight into the past and into the lives of the individuals who are portrayed in them. Almost every family and local historian works with photographs, but often the fascinating historical and personal information that can be gained from them is not fully understood. They are one of the most vivid and memorable ways into.