Tracing your ancestors through family photographs: a complete guide for family and local historians

Introduction

Part one: Dating family photographs ; Recognising different types of photograph ; Investigating photographers and studios ; Dating professional photographic card mounts ; Dating the visual image: studio portraits and outdoor scenes ; Dating the visual image: fashion clues

Part two: Studying family photographs ; Professional portraits: identifying the occasion ; Photographic copies ; Inherited photograph albums ; Judging status, age and likeness

Part three: Picturing past lives ; Family wedding photographs ; Home, work and leisure ; Wartime photographs ; Local connections ; Foreign locations

Part four: Looking after family photographs ; Preserving old photographs.