- 276
- Episodes
- 2
- Transcribed
- 70
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
- 101K
- YouTube views
About The Photo Detective
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.
- Publisher
- Maureen Taylor
- Category
- education · history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 30 Jan 2017
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
2 of 276 episodes have a transcript.
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
AI-Altered Family Photos: The Growing Threat to Genealogy and Historical Accuracy
24 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Wreck of the Mentor: Eric Jay Dolin on Whaling, Shipwrecks, and Maritime Family History
23 Apr 2026
Finding Hidden Nuns in Your Family Tree: Researching Catholic Sisters with Sunny Morton
Inside a recent episode
AI-Altered Family Photos: The Growing Threat to Genealogy and Historical Accuracy
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So I clicked through them, and I found that somebody who is a stranger to me, not related at all, of a very small family, had taken photos of mine of my grandparents, who I knew very well, and they put them through ChatGPT to improve their appearance. to de-age them, to create these little passport-style photos to be like a thumbnail photo to head up the Find a Grave Memorial. And when I opened it up to full resolution, it was just, I don't know, it was like a kick in the chest because my grandpa had piercing blue eyes. And this person who took liberties with my photo gave him deep brown eyes. […]
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- Jen Schaefer
- Glen Meakem
- Seth Rockman
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 100,632
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 63 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 7 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100
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- Quality
- 77
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 51
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