We’re very excited that Howard Vincent Kurtz will be joining us at our November 18th training session for another presentation of Our Ancestors’ Clothing! If you participated in Professor Kurtz’s first visit to WMGS last April, you’ll know what a great opportunity he provided to our members.
As he did last time, Prof. Kurtz will review a selection of photographs sent in by our members, analyzing the clothing worn and other clues in them. His analysis may help you to identify the subjects, time, place, reason for the photo, and more.
If you have photographs of people that you can’t identify, want to know more about, or you think other members would find intriguing, we encourage you to submit them to us. We sent out an email notifying our members of this opportunity a few weeks ago, but if you haven’t submitted your scanned digital photographs yet, we’ve extended the deadline for submitting them until Monday, November 1st. There is a limit of 10 submissions per member.
Time permitting, Prof. Kurtz will analyze as many photographs as he can, selecting photographs that represent features that are useful for genealogical research. They might represent various time periods or have other clues that can help to identify our ancestors.
Note: If you submitted photos last time and a particular photograph that you hoped would be selected wasn’t analyzed, feel free to submit it again. Let us know which photograph you would like to prioritize for analysis.
Please send your scanned digital photogs to WMGS at: westmassgen@gmail.com. Again, the deadline is Monday, November 1st, so that Professor Kurtz has time for his analysis.
Whether you submit photographs or not, please join us for this session as we promise an enjoyable learning experience.