If you are just joining my blog, read part one here. My first visit to Springwater was full of discovery. Buildings and intersections...

(This post has no pictures or information on Floyd Ingraham, but is a 'rabbit trail' I took during one of my many visits to the...

To read the first post in this series go here. As Paul Holbrook began to scan and restore hundreds of Floyd Ingraham's original glass...

I have been holding this story in for a year, but it began long before. To start at the beginning I'd have to take you back 220 years....

When I purchased three 19th century photographs in Old Town Albuquerque, New Mexico, I had no idea where the three men staring back at me...

If you are just joining me in this hunt for three 19th century men whose pictures I found in Albuquerque New Mexico, and want to read...

To find out how I picked up three 19th century guys in Albuquerque, New Mexico, read my first post in this series here. Albuquerque was...

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...