It’s All Relative in Family Photos

Do you have photos of un-identified family members? Become a history sleuth, learn easy tricks to identify people, events, places and dates of photographs using fashion, photo processes, and online resources in this hands-on, interactive lecture, Saturday morning, April 16. Megan Friedel, Curator of Photography at History Colorado museum, originally the state historical society in Denver, will be presenting“Identifying Family Photographs” at the meeting of the Jefferson County Genealogical Society (JCGS), at Chimacum’s Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W. Valley Rd..  The meeting is open to members of the public for a donation that helps pay for bringing future genealogy speakers to our area. At 9:30 A.M. over coffee or tea meet other ‘wanna-be history sleuths’ who are trying to identify their ancestors; 9:50 are announcements; and 10:00–11:30 is the lecture.

JCGS is delighted and excited to have Megan Friedel as our speaker. Megan has been managing History Colorado museum’s historical photography and moving image collections since 2013. Prior to moving to Colorado, she was the first photo archivist for the Massachusetts Historical Society, worked with the historical photography collections of the Oregon Historical Society and the University of Alaska Anchorage where she was Assistant Professor of Library Science and archivist for UAA’s Archives and Special Collections. Megan has been the curator of numerous exhibits and most recently in 2015, History Colorado’s award winning exhibit El Movimiento: The Chicano Movement into Colorado. She holds a B.A. from Amherst College, M.A. in History and an M.S. in Library and Information Sciences, both from Simmons College. She has a long association with Port Townsend where her parents reside.