Using Photography History In Genealogy

Name: Using Photography History In Genealogy
Start: 2025-03-01T13:30:00-06:00
Location: Rockford Public Library

Schedule

Sat, 01 Mar, 2025 at 01:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Rockford Public Library | Rockford, IL

Both in person and Zoom. Zoom link to follow later.
Photographs give a direct insight into the past and the lives of individuals portrayed in them. They are a perfect way for genealogists to identify ancestors (from the 1850s on) by analyzing physical resemblance, the history of fashions worn, backgrounds, and special occasions depicted. Learn how to help narrow the dates by identifying what photography studios and camera/developing/mounting technologies were used through the history of photography. Explore how to combine photography with other genealogical techniques, and organization. Bring a vintage photograph along, and we can try to identify the range of years that it was taken.