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...

Part of the fabric of your history is the history of your parents, grandparents, and ancestors. Their story is part of your story. The...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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'...

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...

Oh, my friends. My heart is SO happy right now! I have several history detective projects in the works. The thrill of research and...

by Julie Jeffery Manwarren This is a work of fiction. © Copyright by Julie Jeffery Manwarren, 2019. All rights reserved. In the spring of...

Something you might not know about me is that I owned a bakery for nine years. I operated 'Frosted' in my licensed home kitchen and...

For those of you who journeyed with me on the glass plate negatives series, you know that although so much was discovered and answered...

As I ended my series on the glass plate negatives, I was so happy that the family in the pictures was identified and so many questions...

I am so excited to announce new services I will be offering. I will continue to work as a freelance writer but am now offering my...