The Photo Detective

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Making The Last Muster Movie Dec 18, 2018

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It's true. Three of the profiles in The Last Muster series are now short documentary films, called A Trio of Revolutionary Voices. Pamela Pacelli Cooper, President of Verissima Productions and her husband Rob Cooper helped make this dream a reality. Your support of our Kickstarter campaign did too. Don't miss this episode of how we turned a non-fiction work into a film.

I'm thrilled to be offering something new. Photo investigations. These collaborative one-on-one sessions. Look at your family photos then you and I meet to discuss your mystery images. And find out how each clue and hint might contribute to your family history. Find out more by going to maureentaylor.com and clicking on family photo investigations.

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A VividPix Redux Nov 30, 2018

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Randy Fredlund of Vivid-Pix joined me to talk about imaging and how Vivid-pix works. He's the co-founder of the company. It's a magical product. Upload an image and take your pick of the enhanced version you like. You can tweak it further too.

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Civil War Photo Sleuth Nov 19, 2018

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You won't believe what Civil War historian, Kurt Luther, has created. Civil War Photo Sleuth is a gathering place for images and information.

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MemoryWeb Oct 30, 2018

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Christopher Desmond of MemoryWeb joined me for another episode of my podcast to share their big news. MemoryWeb is now available for Android's and for your desktop. They'll be rolling out improvements to these versions so that functionality will eventually match what's available through their IOS app.

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The Literary Detective Oct 24, 2018

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A few weeks ago, I interviewed author Paul Collins, The Literary Detective, about his new book, Blood and Ivy: The 1849 Murder that Scandalized Harvard. It has a connection to a photo I found. Really! I'm a huge fan of his. Listen in and find out why.

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The Gravestone Girls Oct 24, 2018

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Brenda of the Gravestone Girls was on recently to talk about all things relating to gravestones and their preservation work. We also chat about postmortem images.

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VividPix Oct 16, 2018

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If you’re like me, then you have photographs or scans of documents that can use a little touch-up. Vivid-Pix’s Restore software makes that easy. No more complicated solutions. Upload a picture to the software and quickly correct color, contrast, and brightness.

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GenerationStory App Aug 21, 2018

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A trip to the local outdoor flea market taught me a few things about how non-genealogists feel about pictures. Today my guest is Shannon Uschold of GenerationStory, a free iOS and desktop app to help you save the stories of family artifacts. She released the GenerationStory app in 2015.

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Found Photos & My Unexpected Discovery Aug 02, 2018

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A story about one woman's photo discovery at Goodwill made the news. It made me think about the photo terminology you see online. What's a found photo? What's an orphan photo? I gave these questions a lot of thought and came up with an opinion. Listen in and let me know if you agree.

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Stop Trashing Photos Jun 21, 2018

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My daughter's teary eyes at discovering a tossed photo were the inspiration for a recent blog post, "Let's Stop Trashing Family Photos". It struck a nerve with my readers too. My inbox and FB page were flooded with responses. Listen to their emails in this edition of The Photo Detective.

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