Tag Archives: photos

Storing your pictures in folders? Consider switching to Picasa or iPhoto.

Posted on 26 December 2012 by

One of the fun parts of genealogy is collecting photos of your family ancestors, and with computers we have a lot of options beyond putting them into photo album books.  For many people this means storing their digital photos in … Continue reading →

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Photo analysis – Casper Schick’s Ash Creek Inn — with footnotes

Posted on 7 January 2012 by

This is a copy of my post from December 29.  I have added citations to back my assertions as an experiment after reading Michael Hait’s blog posting My last word on GeneaBlogging and the Paradigm Shift.  I will write about what … Continue reading →

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Identifying the car at Casper Schick’s Ash Creek Inn

Posted on 1 January 2012 by

Several days ago I posted my analysis process for the picture of my grandfather in front of the Ash Creek Inn in Fairfield, CT.  I left one part open, though, and that was the model and year of the car.  … Continue reading →

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Photo analysis – Casper Schick’s Ash Creek Inn

Posted on 29 December 2011 by

One of the mystery pictures that has bothered us for a while is one of our grandfather sitting in a car in front of an inn, the Ash Creek Inn run by Casper Schick.  The photo can be seen below.  … Continue reading →

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Identifying the location of a picture with city directories and Bing Maps

Posted on 10 December 2011 by

My sister sent me this photo from the family archives.  It wasn’t labeled, but we figured it was probably our great-grandfather Charles Menegay.  The trick was the figuring out where it was taken.  It was a few years before we … Continue reading →

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