Category Archives: Photos

Record stories about photos on your cell phone or tablet with MyHeritage Photo Storyteller

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Gail Dever

MyHeritage has introduced another fun product, called MyHeritage Photo Storyteller. It’s a free app for your cell phone or tablet that lets you record the stories behind family photos and attach the audio narrative to the photos. Photo Storyteller is … Continue reading →

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The Ancestor Hunt updates lists of free online Canadian photo archives

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Gail Dever

Even while preparing food for today’s Thanksgiving dinner, Kenneth R. Marks still found time to update two free Canadian photo collections on his website, The Ancestor Hunt. So far, Mr. Marks has added 10 free Nova Scotia online photo archives … Continue reading →

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Availability of Flip-Pal adapter will continue

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Gail Dever

Last week, I blogged about the production of Flip-Pal scanners being discontinued — and that they are still available at Shop the Hound in Canada. In an email message sent Friday, Shop the Hound owner Ellen Thompson-Jennings wrote, “Those of … Continue reading →

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Production of Flip-Pal scanners discontinued — but some still available in stock

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Gail Dever

One of genealogists’ favourite devices to use when visiting relatives will soon no longer be available. Gordon Nutall, the founder and CEO of the portable scanner, Flip-Pal, advised his affiliates a few days ago week that production of the scanner … Continue reading →

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Colourize black and white photos with MyHeritage In Color

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Gail Dever

MyHeritage yesterday released a fun product, called MyHeritage in Color, that quickly and easily colourizes black and white photos. Once I saw the link in the MyHeritage Blog post about the new product, I didn’t even bother to read the … Continue reading →

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New online vintage hat archive helps date old family photos

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Gail Dever

The style of clothing people wore in a photo often helps us determine approximately when an old family photo was taken. If your ancestors wore hats when they had their photos taken, a new online resource may be a perfect … Continue reading →

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Maureen Taylor shows how to find photos on FamilySearch

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Gail Dever

I learned from the Photo Detective Maureen Taylor’s latest YouTube video about a photo feature available on FamilySearch that is filled with old photos. I first searched by entering rare and unusual family last names, and I discovered a couple of … Continue reading →

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100-year-old photo of Hallé boys returns to Canada

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Gail Dever

Thanks to some research, teamwork, and people who read the blog post, Can you solve mystery of 100-year-old Canadian photo found in California?, the 100-year-old photo of toddlers, P. Émile Hallée and Lucien Hallée, is being returned from where it … Continue reading →

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Can you solve mystery of 100-year-old Canadian photo found in California?

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Gail Dever

A 100-year-old Canadian photo of P. Émile and Lucien Hallée found its way into an antique store in California and was bought by genealogy blogger Jacqi Stevens, who now wants to find out who the boys are so she can … Continue reading →

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Thousands of historic photos from around the world on Online Archive of California

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Gail Dever

Sometimes the photos a family historian needs to see are available in somewhat unlikely places. Such is the case with more than 38,000 worldwide photos, including 2,600 images of Canada, that are available in the Online Archive of California’s Keystone-Mast … Continue reading →

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