I know I've been absent for a while. I have a valid excuse. I can't wait to tell you what I have been working on! But you'll have to...

What struck me first was how much she looked like my grandmother, Marjorie. It was just another post on Facebook. People post links to...

This post is part of a series. To start from the beginning, go here. I had the most trouble finding information on Shirley "Jersey" Buhl...

One of my favorite things to do is to research the history of a property. Any building or residence older than 50 years usually has great...

This post is part of a series. To start from the beginning, go here. In researching Shirley Buhl, nicknamed 'Jersey', I also wanted to...

This post is part of a series. If you would like to start from the beginning, go here. I had so much fun uncovering all I could about...

This post is part of a series. To read part 1, go here. My hunt for a little girl nicknamed "Jersey" discovered in a collection by Paul...

My hunt for little "Jersey" and her family was about to get a HUGE boost! Paul Holbrook, the owner of the glass negatives said that he...

Although I was instantly enamored with the pouty doe-eyed girl from New Jersey I knew that identifying her would be difficult, if not...

I don't know what it was about her. Probably those big eyes. Or the sweet baby cheeks. Whatever it was, the little girl from the 1940's...

In my last post I showed how to date a photograph by looking at women's clothing styles for each decade from 1850 - 1940. This post will...

This is part four in my series about how to identify family members in old photographs. To read part one, go here. In this post, we will...

In my last post, I discussed how to begin identifying old family photographs by dating the picture. Noting the type of photography and...

In my last post, I discussed chain of custody and context as primary clues to identifying old photographs. This series is important to me...

In my last post, I discussed protecting your old photographs and negatives. Today, I wanted to discuss something near and dear to my...

If you have daguerreotypes, ambrotypes or tintypes (described in my previous post) they should be kept in their original case. If they...

If you come across old negatives in your family possessions, perhaps you weren't sure what, or who, you were looking at. You may have...

The Parkes Project has come to an end, for now anyway. To read the Parkes Project blog series, go here. I had hoped to tie up the loose...

This post is part of a series. To read earlier posts, go here. Just before my second visit to the antique shop, I had been in contact...

This post is part of a series. To read previous posts, go here. I have come to accept that I may never know the identities of the...