5 Family Photo Traps and Technology Tricks

As The Photo Detective, I’ve helped many people uncover the history behind their family photos and learn how to preserve and share these stories.

Your photos can lead to enlightening family history discoveries. As technology evolves, the opportunity for deeper/faster discoveries is possible, but it it also fraught with pitfalls. Occasionally, I’ve had to debunk claims or stories attached to photos surrounding the people, places, and more believed to be in the image.

Tech like facial recognition, colorization, and AI can be helpful aids in solving genealogy and photo mysteries. However, these tools are not fail-safe and should be used with oversight and skepticism.

Through a series of examples this class will profile a few of the common questions regarding using these technologies:

• Can I throw out my photos after scanning?
• Is colorization accurate?
• Sticking to the facts and finding the proof behind your photo story
• How to spot a famous fake and how to use facial recognition
• AI and photo clues: Is it true?
  
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