This week we responded to a couple of member queries. The two topics were photo identification and useful passenger list websites.
Some of the photo websites included www.phototree.com, vintageaerial.com and www.thephotodetective. The gallery portion of Photo Tree happens to be down at present, as they seem to be moving websites. The rest of the site is usable, however. Vintage Aerial is a site with aerial photos of farms--mainly in the eastern half of the United States. You can search by state and then county. Maureen Taylor is the accepted expert on identifying photos. She has a weekly podcast as well as her website, www.maureentaylor.com.
We looked at various ways to reach passenger websites. Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org are the go-to sites for New York passenger lists, but www.castlegarden.org and www.ellisisland.org can also be used. Steve Morse's website, www.stevemorse.com is a good spot for further research.
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