On Sunday April 19 at 2:00 pm, you can learn about how to manage those old family photos that are an important part of our genealogical family tree. They provide a look back in time of family members and your connection with them. Sometimes we know the people in these old photographs are family but may not necessarily know everyone in the photograph. Using these photographs for genealogy begins with collecting them and then organizing them based upon the information currently known about the people in the photographs and associated facts. Digitizing these photographs allows for management of the photographs and their subsequent use in your family tree.

• As part of the organization process, David Lahrmann will review the types of family facts to be collected. The tools for digitization of these photographs will be reviewed and how these tools are used for viewing and identifying the details in the photographs to support their documentation and further research.
• He will show a process to manage documenting the relevant details in these digitized photos like tagging family members you know are family. This documentation will help with eventually identifying unknown people, dates, and places. A few examples will be provided for demonstration.
• While it can be a tedious and time-consuming process, it is well worth the effort invested. It includes collecting as many family photographs as possible, digitizing them so that you can study them on the computer screen and reviewing them against other photos and documents that have been collected.
• It is also important to give your family members a copy of your digitized and documented photographs as they may provide additional photographs not in your collection.

This meeting will be “hybrid,” being held live in the Kolping Cincinnati Klubhaus, and online via Zoom. There is no cost to attend, and all are welcome. Send an email to [email protected] for more information the location and Zoom link.

Always check the Kolping website for any updates/schedule changes: http://www.kolpingcincinnati.com/Genealogy/Genealogy.html