The Photo Detective
Summary: **About Maureen Taylor:** Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London, and Canada. She’s the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira). She’s been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany’s top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at https://maureentaylor.com.
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Podcasts:
Scott Fisher, host of Extreme Genes shares his search for a photo and how patience paid off. A chance encounter pays off after decades of looking.
The Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia has a new educational space. It mirrors the neighborhood that once occupied the spot where the museum stands.
Ever wonder where the business of photography is going? That's the premise of this podcast. Find out why genealogists and image makers are facing the same struggles with managing their pictures. It's a word that begins with an M.
Today’s podcast is special. A year ago the folks at Rootstech asked me to present a Ted Style talk at the conference. Of course, I said yes. These short-form talks are very popular on YouTube and at Live Tedx events. Our photographs reveal so much about our ancestors and provide us with new insights into ourselves.
This episode focuses on my Last Muster project. Almost two decades ago I started looking for images of individuals who lived during the American Revolution and into the age of photography after 1839. It’s been an amazing journey. Two volumes with a third in the works, two museum exhibits (one permanent at the Museum of the American Revolution) and three films. Thank you for joining me on this journey.
The Vivid-Pix Restore fix just got even better. A new patented process makes their picture improvement add new depth to your pictures. Randy Fredlund is back on the show to talk about his most recent patent and how the whole patent process works.
Ever wish you could use facial recognition software to compare your photos? Bob Schmitt created Visual Face Recognition to compare images. It's cool! One of his first projects was helping Las Vegas casinos catch card-counting MIT students using facial recognition technology.
A single photo of her grandmother Fannie inspired Rachael Rifkin's work. She focuses on bridging the gap between generations, cultures, and backgrounds by concentrating on our similarities and listening to each other's stories.
In this episode, I'm talking about sharing your photos online. Old photos and new ones. You won't believe what's a "thing" on Instagram and how our photos figure into developments in facial recognition.
Kondoizing is good for your clothes but not for your heirloom photos. But what is a person to do? This episode offers tips for tackling your images, from digital overload to ancestral images. What to do and how to share and store them.
Joe Bott is passionate about reuniting pictures with families. That’s the premise behind DeadFred, the oldest photo reunion site.
My guest is James Morley, a UK based photo historians who's created a very cool World War 1 resource called A Street Near You.
Rootstech is the largest genealogy conference in the U.S. if not the world. Seriously! This is one conference you have to prepare for, so in this episode I am sharing some tips. Since this episode taped on Valentine's Day it's appropriate to talk about clues in wedding photos. You'll learn what clues hint at marriage and how to find out more.
I love my city. It now shows. I have a new website: https://oldpvd.com. It runs on ChronoCharts, an interactive web platform developed by GeneaLabs, bringing historical maps and photos together. Images of buildings are pinned to a historical map based on their date of construction. Historical information is available. You can add your knowledge of a marker in the comments too.
Family tree charts have come a long way from the ones our nineteenth-century ancestors framed. Janet Horvoka of Family Chartmasters joins me to chat about charts. I guarantee after listening you'll want one. I know I do.
