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Carte de visite dated circa 1877.
Project Extension: Family History Methods
We are thrilled to announce that extra funding has been secured through the University of Lancashire's Institute of Creativity, Communities and Culture to extend the Dating Antique Photographs Project.
With the new funding, project lead, Brandon Taylorian, is able to offer a new set of workshops due to be hosted in Preston in June and July 2025 and the publication of the Handbook of Family History Methods. With a broader remit, the project extension will focus on best practice in family history research and develop the skill among family historians of how to give their research historical relevance to convey family history as a serious mode of academic, historical inquiry.
New Handbook Published in 2025
The Handbook of Family History Methods is a short publication created by University of Lancashire Research Associate Brandon Reece Taylorian. It follows The Handbook of Antique Photographs, published in 2024, by broadening its remit to address best practices in family history research based on Taylorian's personal research journey.
The handbook features tips and tricks on all aspects of the family history research process, including how to acquire resources like birth, marriage and death certificates, the importance of newspapers and other secondary sources to family history research, the role of religion in family history and other key topics of interest to family historians.
Click here or the cover to download the handbook for free.
Antique photographs are our portal to the past
Welcome to the official website of the Dating Antique Photographs Project. This project is funded by the Institute of Creativity, Communities and Culture at the University of Lancashire.
It is the aim of the project to provide knowledge of nineteenth and early twentieth century photographs to help people analyse and date these fascinating items. Antique photographs are portals to an interesting social history that needs to be uncovered.
Defining "antique"
For any item, including photographs, to be officially classified as "antique", it must have origins from at least 100 years ago (i.e. 1924 or before). If an item is between 50 and 100 years ago, then it may be referred to as "vintage."
Contact
CONTACT
Send copies of your antique photographs by email to
brtaylorian@uclan.ac.uk and Brandon will analyse them for you.
Brandon Taylorian
Associate Lecturer at the University of Lancashire and Project Lead for the Dating Antique Photographs Project.
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