Finding Jersey - part 1
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...
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Identify Your Old Photographs - part 5
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...
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Identify Your Old Photographs - part 4
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...
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Identify Your Old Photographs - part 3
In my last post, I discussed how to begin identifying old family photographs by dating the picture. Noting the type of photography and...
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Identify Your Old Photographs - Part 2
In my last post, I discussed chain of custody and context as primary clues to identifying old photographs. This series is important to me...
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Identify your Old Photographs - Part 1
In my last post, I discussed protecting your old photographs and negatives. Today, I wanted to discuss something near and dear to my...
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How to Protect and Preserve old Negatives and Photographs
If you have daguerreotypes, ambrotypes or tintypes (described in my previous post) they should be kept in their original case. If they...
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How to identify old negatives and photographs
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...
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Preserving Your Family Love Stories
Part of the fabric of your history is the history of your parents, grandparents, and ancestors. Their story is part of your story. The...
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One Hundred Years Ago...
A two year long influenza outbreak was afflicting the United States. Over 1,000 new cases were reported in New York alone on January 22,...
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Moving On...
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...
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The Parkes Project - part 8
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...
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The Parkes Project - part 7
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...
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The Parkes Project - part 6
This post is part of a series. To read earlier posts, go here. The more I learned about the Parkes family, the more interesting they...
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The Parkes Project - part 5
This post is part of a series. To read earlier entries, go here. With my friend Ashley and her little girl in tow, I went back to the...
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The Parkes Project - part 4
This post is part of a series. To read parts 1 - 3, go here. I was still trying to wrap my head around the fact that the family whose...
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The Parkes Project - part 3
This post is part of a series. To read parts 1 and 2, go here. When I found photographs at an antique shop with the last name 'Parkes'...
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The Parkes Project - part 2
This post is part of a series. To read part one, go here. I started researching the Parkes family as soon as I got home from the antique...
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The Parkes Project - part 1
Oh, my friends. My heart is SO happy right now! I have several history detective projects in the works. The thrill of research and...
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Dorothy's Red Velvet Cake
by Julie Jeffery Manwarren This is a work of fiction. © Copyright by Julie Jeffery Manwarren, 2019. All rights reserved. In the spring of...
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