Join The Photo Detective, Maureen Taylor, each week as she discusses historical photos and how they fit into your family history. From ancestor identification to photo preservation, The Photo Detective Podcast covers it all. Featuring special experts from genealogy, fashion history, photo history, and restoration, it’s a not-to-miss for photo fans, genealogists, and lovers of history.
The Photo Detective
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Join The Photo Detective, Maureen Taylor, each week as she discusses historical photos and how they fit into your family history. From ancestor identification to photo preservation, The Photo Detective Podcast covers it all. Featuring special experts from genealogy, fashion history, photo history, and restoration, it’s a not-to-miss for photo fans, genealogists, and lovers of history.
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Recent Episodes
April 23, 2026
Finding Hidden Nuns in Your Family Tree: Researching Catholic Sisters with Sunny Morton
What happened to the women in your family tree who simply disappeared? In this episode of The Photo Detective Podcast, I’m joined by genealogist Sunny Morton to explore the hidden lives of Catholic nuns in American family history. We talk about why these women vanish from traditional records, how to identify them through clues in documents and photographs, and where to find the rich archives that hold their stories. I even share my own surprising discovery of two unknown nuns in my family. If...
June 8, 2025
How Forever.com is Revolutionizing Digital Memory Preservation
Glen Meakem, Forever.com CEO, discusses how his company provides permanent digital storage solutions, ensuring cherished memories remain accessible for generations in this interview with Maureen Taylor.
May 18, 2025
Military Images Magazine’s Ron Coddington Shares the Stories Behind Civil War Photos
Ron Coddington, editor and publisher of Military Images magazine, joins The Photo Detective podcast to share his journey from teenage Civil War photo collector to leading a respected history publication. He discusses the legacy of Civil War portraiture, the vast archive of surviving images, and the magazine’s mission to reconnect forgotten faces with their stories. The magazine, founded in 1979, showcases rare Civil War portraits and stories behind them.Civil War photography is vast—est...
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