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Photo: Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island. Credit: Matt H. Wade; Wikimedia Commons.

For Genealogists: Cemetery Photo Tips

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on May 27, 2025

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives tips for taking better cemetery photos to help document your family history... (Read More)

Photo: a common Underwood & Underwood stereoscope. Credit: Bubba73; Wikimedia Commons.

Your Ancestor’s Entertainment: Stereographs

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on June 19, 2023

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega describes a popular form of entertainment & education for our ancestors: stereoscopes viewing stereograph cards... (Read More)

Photo: a classroom at the De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines. Credit: Malate269; Wikimedia Commons.

Genealogy 101: How to Identify Photos That Aren’t Labeled

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on June 22, 2020

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives tips for identifying photos that aren’t labeled, using reverse image searching... (Read More)

Illustration: an old camera

Genealogy Tip: Finding Your Ancestor’s Photo

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on January 21, 2019

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about three free genealogy websites where you can search for photos of your ancestors... (Read More)

Photo: a classroom at the De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines. Credit: Malate269; Wikimedia Commons.

Genealogy 101: Labeling Your Family Photos

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on October 3, 2018

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives tips on how to label your family photos so that future generations can know and appreciate them... (Read More)

Photo: nursery school children in Pensacola, Florida, 11 June 1935. Credit: State Library and Archives of Florida; Flickr the Commons.

Genealogy Tip: Finding Images for Your Family History

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on July 19, 2018

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega shows three websites where genealogists can find copyright-free images to illustrate their family history... (Read More)

Illustration: “The Cove Mills,” by Lyell Edwin Carr (1854-1912). Source: Facebook.

I Use GenealogyBank for More than Genealogy!

By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 20, 2018

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about searching old newspapers to learn more about a painting of his hometown of Stamford, Conn., by Lyell Edwin Carr... (Read More)

Photocrom: Sackville Street and O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, c. 1895. Credit: U.S. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Library of Congress Adds Large Photochrom Collection

By Thomas Jay Kemp on November 18, 2016

An article about the Library of Congress putting online over 6,000 full color “photochroms” that are of high interest to genealogists... (Read More)

Photo: 31 Edwards Street in Laconia, New Hampshire

Newspapers Help Identify an Old Family Photo

By Thomas Jay Kemp on September 21, 2016

An article about how an address found in a 1922 newspaper wedding announcement provided the clue to finally identifying an old family photo... (Read More)

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