Transform Family Photos Into KEY Genealogical Records

[@alanYoung-g1z]

I love to analyze old family photos. Unless its for decoration, or display on the living room wall etc. (or maybe as a portrait photo for an Ancestry profile, etc), for genealogy research and sharing it's really better to display a photograph as you find it, not edited (and hopefully in a high resolution). This is true even if it's damaged. An edited photograph wouldn't be a primary source, any longer. Even colorizing will radically alter the original details of the photo.

[@holly6152]

Love your videos! Always helpful! Ü

[@richarddcamp4720]

Can this method be used to find photographs of family members for whom we have no pictures in our own photo collections? For example, I have no photos of my second great-grandfather, but I have pictures of his wife and all of his children. I know he served in the Civil War and have hoped this might be a source of a lost photo. Can the pictures of family members I do possess, in order to compare the information we gave to locate a photo of him as well? And then, might he be identified by finding him in someone else's photos? This new area of research if very fascinating!

[@careyholm]

I have a big album of photos from my mom’s side. I am on a brick wall in my tree on that side. Nobody is alive and no clues on the photos to tell me who these people are.

[@lionheart830]

This seems to be an advertisement for a product. No helpful info unless you buy the product. Bad idea.

[@jyoung5102]

I didn't know some of these tips. It's very helpful. Genealogists love products that help with our research discoveries. May have to pick and choose, or use one now and another later, but I'll be collecting the photos I can use with Related Faces and possibly get a free trial, or subscription for a month or two to see if it's helpful. Love that there are tools that help with family history research that would otherwise leave me in the dark about some of those ancestors I'm researching. Gave me a new perspective on looking at a photo with brand new eyes. Great video!