In my last post, I discussed protecting your old photographs and negatives. Today, I wanted to discuss something near and dear to my heart. Discovery. Whether you have inherited boxes and albums full of your family photographs, or discovered them in Grandma's attic, you can be a history detective and solve the mystery of who the individuals are staring back at you from pictures over a century old. Being a history detective is much like police work. Detectives use chain of cus

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 ends with a pretty bow, but sadly, that was not to be. I know the answers will come one day. I am wrapping tissue paper around the old photographs of a fascinating family and tucking them away until a future Parkes family descendant stumbles across this blog and wants to know about, remember, and honor their ancestors. I am happy that I wi