Comments on: Organizing Your Family Photos—Part 2 http://www.cluewagon.com/2010/03/organizing-your-family-photos-part-2/ I like dead people. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:49:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Kerry Scott http://www.cluewagon.com/2010/03/organizing-your-family-photos-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5629 Kerry Scott Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:46:39 +0000 http://www.cluewagon.com/?p=2915#comment-5629 That's long been my working theory on the woman in the photo. That’s long been my working theory on the woman in the photo.

]]> By: Lyn http://www.cluewagon.com/2010/03/organizing-your-family-photos-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5625 Lyn Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:21:41 +0000 http://www.cluewagon.com/?p=2915#comment-5625 Could the lady in the button on Clarence's shirt be his biological mother or their mother if the half siblings shared the same mother? Perhsp she was deceased and could not be in the photo for some reason. Black was a mourning colour - there is a whole tradition on mourning costume in Victorian times ranging from full black outfits to black lace trims as time went on, so long as another close relative didn't die in the meantime. I love the tracing pets idea. Could the lady in the button on Clarence’s shirt be his biological mother or their mother if the half siblings shared the same mother? Perhsp she was deceased and could not be in the photo for some reason. Black was a mourning colour – there is a whole tradition on mourning costume in Victorian times ranging from full black outfits to black lace trims as time went on, so long as another close relative didn’t die in the meantime.

I love the tracing pets idea.

]]> By: Kerry Scott http://www.cluewagon.com/2010/03/organizing-your-family-photos-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3277 Kerry Scott Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:43:29 +0000 http://www.cluewagon.com/?p=2915#comment-3277 LB---in the case of this particular family, probably not, because they lived in big cities during the decade in which this photo was taken (I have farmers, but not in this line). But you bring up a great point...the location on the photo definitely doesn't tell you for sure where the family lived. LB—in the case of this particular family, probably not, because they lived in big cities during the decade in which this photo was taken (I have farmers, but not in this line). But you bring up a great point…the location on the photo definitely doesn’t tell you for sure where the family lived.

]]> By: LB Sheehan http://www.cluewagon.com/2010/03/organizing-your-family-photos-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3275 LB Sheehan Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:13:58 +0000 http://www.cluewagon.com/?p=2915#comment-3275 Great post, very interesting! About your great great grandfather and his North Dakota picture... I believe some photographers back then went from town to town to peddle their trade to the farmers, etc who could not take the time or means to travel to a city for a sitting. Perhaps the photographer's studio is in N. Dakota, but the picture was taken in your family's hometown? Great post, very interesting!

About your great great grandfather and his North Dakota picture… I believe some photographers back then went from town to town to peddle their trade to the farmers, etc who could not take the time or means to travel to a city for a sitting. Perhaps the photographer’s studio is in N. Dakota, but the picture was taken in your family’s hometown?

]]> By: Kerry Scott http://www.cluewagon.com/2010/03/organizing-your-family-photos-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3124 Kerry Scott Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:05:42 +0000 http://www.cluewagon.com/?p=2915#comment-3124 Em---I thought about doing that too, but with two little kids, we take a LOT of pictures. I know I'd never be able to keep up with renaming them all. So I'm sticking with the default numerical file numbers that the camera assigns them (and that's part of the reason I used numbers for my old photos too). One thing you should do is label/caption them in some way. One of the most fun parts of my project so far was going through the envelope of pictures of a trip to Europe my grandpa's first cousin took in 1930. It was cool to map out where she'd been and pull up pictures online of those places today. Your travel photos are considerably more exotic, and I'm guessing some descendant will be super impressed by Cousin Em's photos from her time in Siberia. I'm impressed by them now and I'm not even related to you! Em—I thought about doing that too, but with two little kids, we take a LOT of pictures. I know I’d never be able to keep up with renaming them all. So I’m sticking with the default numerical file numbers that the camera assigns them (and that’s part of the reason I used numbers for my old photos too).

One thing you should do is label/caption them in some way. One of the most fun parts of my project so far was going through the envelope of pictures of a trip to Europe my grandpa’s first cousin took in 1930. It was cool to map out where she’d been and pull up pictures online of those places today. Your travel photos are considerably more exotic, and I’m guessing some descendant will be super impressed by Cousin Em’s photos from her time in Siberia. I’m impressed by them now and I’m not even related to you!

]]> By: Em-Dash http://www.cluewagon.com/2010/03/organizing-your-family-photos-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3117 Em-Dash Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:58:45 +0000 http://www.cluewagon.com/?p=2915#comment-3117 This is fun! Of course, it's leaving me with the feeling that I need to come up with some sort of naming convention for all the digital photos that I take... It would be fun if I could make little clues or hints for whatever future generation may actually be interested in them. .-= Em-Dash´s last blog ..<a href="http://notinexile.blogspot.com/2010/03/was-i-scooped.html" rel="nofollow">Was I scooped??</a> =-. This is fun!
Of course, it’s leaving me with the feeling that I need to come up with some sort of naming convention for all the digital photos that I take… It would be fun if I could make little clues or hints for whatever future generation may actually be interested in them.
.-= Em-Dash´s last blog ..Was I scooped?? =-.

]]> By: Dr. Bill (William L.) Smith http://www.cluewagon.com/2010/03/organizing-your-family-photos-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3094 Dr. Bill (William L.) Smith Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:52:40 +0000 http://www.cluewagon.com/?p=2915#comment-3094 Neat set of photos and analysis to go with them. Thanks for sharing! Keep telling your ancestor stories! Dr. Bill ;-) http://drbilltellsancestorstories.blogspot.com/ Author of "13 Ways to Tell Your Ancestor Stories" .-= Dr. Bill (William L.) Smith´s last blog ..<a href="http://drbilltellsancestorstories.blogspot.com/2010/03/tombstone-tuesday-jacob-j-kinnick.html" rel="nofollow">Tombstone Tuesday - Jacob J. KINNICK</a> =-. Neat set of photos and analysis to go with them. Thanks for sharing!

Keep telling your ancestor stories!

Dr. Bill ;-)
http://drbilltellsancestorstories.blogspot.com/
Author of “13 Ways to Tell Your Ancestor Stories”
.-= Dr. Bill (William L.) Smith´s last blog ..Tombstone Tuesday – Jacob J. KINNICK =-.

]]> By: Kerry Scott http://www.cluewagon.com/2010/03/organizing-your-family-photos-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3087 Kerry Scott Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:13:32 +0000 http://www.cluewagon.com/?p=2915#comment-3087 Nancy---I have lots of photos of some people, and none at all of others. There are some ancestors who I've "known" through my research for years, and I would LOVE to see what they looked like. Nancy—I have lots of photos of some people, and none at all of others. There are some ancestors who I’ve “known” through my research for years, and I would LOVE to see what they looked like.

]]> By: Nancy http://www.cluewagon.com/2010/03/organizing-your-family-photos-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3079 Nancy Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:50:15 +0000 http://www.cluewagon.com/?p=2915#comment-3079 This was a great post. I enjoy looking at the detail in my photographs, too, and try to notice every little thing. Just wish I had more old photographs of my ancestors! Nancy from My Ancestors and Me at www.nancysfamilyhistoryblog.blogspot.com This was a great post. I enjoy looking at the detail in my photographs, too, and try to notice every little thing. Just wish I had more old photographs of my ancestors!
Nancy from My Ancestors and Me at http://www.nancysfamilyhistoryblog.blogspot.com

]]> By: Michelle http://www.cluewagon.com/2010/03/organizing-your-family-photos-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3073 Michelle Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:18:19 +0000 http://www.cluewagon.com/?p=2915#comment-3073 Thank you for sharing - this is fascinating! Thank you for sharing – this is fascinating!

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