There’s nothing like the look of love in a father’s eyes. I almost overlooked this photo because I focused on the fact that my twin brother and I were blurred and is over exposed. Yet there’s something so captivating about the way my father’s eyes sparkle when looking at us. It’s almost like my father […]
Today is my mom’s 85th birthday. Here she is, little Dolores Irwin, on her way to St. Mary’s Star of Sea church for her first communion in 1938 in Baltimore, Maryland. She is telling me right now at her kitchen table that this was in her great-aunt Minnie’s yard. It backed up to her grandmother’s […]
Whether you’re scanning your film, printed photos, and documents at home or using a professional scanning company, you will undoubtedly be faced with this perplexing issue: Scanning doesn’t actually archive information about your photo. That’s right, digitizing your vintage family photos isn’t enough. It’s no different than discovering an old photo album only to realize that no […]
My interest in “the travel snapshot” began when I was a child, traveling with my mother simply because we wanted to see new things and we could since it was just the two of us. I always made sure I had at least three disposable cameras with me where ever we would go. As we drove […]
Meet my paternal great-grandfather Jesse, a red-headed blue-eyed guy of (mostly) Scottish extraction. Here, he’s sitting with his grandsons. When Jesse married his wife in a Virginia/North Carolina border town, they decided to move up North to Jersey for a better life because they were a mixed-race couple. Once settled, Jesse got a job in […]
When it comes to preserving family history, where do you start? If you’re asking yourself this question as you stare at boxes of old family photos, stacks of love letters and piles of dusty documents, you’re not alone! The idea of recording your family history can be a bit overwhelming, even if you’re an experienced […]
A photograph is a priceless memento that acts like your own personal time machine, transporting you back to a moment in your life that you may have trouble recalling when you’re older. Vintage family photos taken before you were born do even more: they allow you to get up close and personal with relatives you […]
My mom was a single mom and I am her only child, so it was pretty much me and her and a bunch of her friends hanging out a lot when I was a kid. Like at this festival…she always said I was very portable. I was her little person! This is one of my […]
Tears rolled down my cheeks as I realized I couldn’t remember… You may recall my previous post here on Save Family Photos where I described my dismay when realizing I couldn’t remember my grandmother’s voice when my daughter asked about her. That sadness and regret haunted me for a few weeks; then it made me determined to ensure […]
At genealogy conference a few years ago, I heard many participants express dismay that their family members’ eyes glaze over when they talk about their family history research. One highly-respected professional lamented that given her adult childrens’ views of family history and genealogy, decades of her work might go to the recycling bin after she’s […]
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