Projects
This is just a small selection of my photogenealogy projects.
Details of how to complete projects like these and others
will be included in my book.
Preserve Project
I used an acid-free box ringbinder with photo-safe sleeves to preserve family history photos. They are shown here in front of a computer screen displaying their digital counterparts.
I use my digital collection of photos as a finding aid for my physical collection because both collections are arranged in a similar way.
Photo sharing Project
I had a letter published in Family Tree magazine in March 2023 telling the story of how I shared photos with two previously unknown cousins.
We each had a different photo containing the same unidentified man. The letter explains how we worked together to identify the man as our common ancestor.
Digital archive Project
I took part in Permanent.org's Legacy Lab to create a digital archive for my family history photos.
The archive allows to you organise and add metadata to photos. You can also share your archive publicly or privately. And you can set up a legacy contact to take over the archive when the time comes.
I gave a talk explaining how to set up a Permanent.org archive for the All About That Place event in 2024.
Photobook Project
I created a photobook containing all our military family history photos as a gift for my mum. I used VistaPrint's simple online editor to create the book as a gift. I took the photo of the spectacular poppy myself.
Mum loved the convenience of being able to look at the photos whenever she wanted.
I have made a few more photobooks since this one!
Preserve Project
I preserved this old cabinet card and carte-de-visite album by gently blowing dust away from the photos before interleaving each page with acid- and lignin-free tissue paper. I then wrapped the album in acid- and lignin-free tissue paper before placing it in an acid- and lignin-free clamshell box with some tissue puffs to prevent the album from sliding around.
Digital restoration Project
This is my first attempt at digital restoration - a time-consuming but satisfying task, and a steep learning curve.
I just need to find the time for some more restoration projects so that I can get better at it, and hopefully a bit faster too!
Publish Project
I inherited a photo of an unknown World War 1 soldier from my nan. I researched this photo and was able to use what I learned to discover who the soldier was and to tell his story.
The story of this photo and how I identified it was published in Family Tree magazine in November 2017.
Photo date & Identify Project
I use family tree websites (and a lot of other sources too!) to help date and identify photos. I write the information I discover on a piece of acid- and lignin-free card, which I slip into the pockets of the photo-safe sleeves I use to store the photos. I also add the information to the metadata of the digital versions.
