Have you ever wished you had time to write your family history?  My guest today has a way of encouraging you to tell your family story in manageable bites.  It’s her popular 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks program. She supplies the prompts and you write, blog, scrapbook, or Instagram something about an ancestor each week. There’s no pressure to participate every week. I guarantee at the end of the year you’ll have made progress on that family history. 


We chat monthly on our Heritage and History FB Live and chat about what’s happening in the field or in the news.  On this podcast, Amy and I chat about the 52 weeks of genealogy and how she got started. 


Here’s the thing.  You can use Amy Johnson Crow’s system to work on your pictures too. Pick a photo related to her theme and dig into the story of that picture.   You can do it. I’m happy to help 

Related Episodes:

Episode 39: Finding Identity and Connection in Family Photos

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• Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.
• Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.

About My Guest:

Amy holds a Masters Degree in Library and Information Science from Kent State University. She has held a Certified Genealogist® credential since 1995. Amy has worked at Ancestry.com, served as the series editor for the National Genealogical Society Guides, published by Rutledge Hill Press, and was the co-author of Online Roots in that series.

Amy is the author of 31 Days to Better Genealogy, a resource guide filled with practical tips you can put into practice right away, as well as more than 40 articles in various genealogical publications. She has presented at genealogy’s top events, including RootsTech.

Amy has never turned down an offer to go visit a cemetery.

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About Maureen Taylor:

Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London and Canada.  She’s the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She’s been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Livin

I'm thrilled to be offering something new. Photo investigations. These collaborative one-on-one sessions. Look at your family photos then you and I meet to discuss your mystery images. And find out how each clue and hint might contribute to your family history. Find out more by going to maureentaylor.com and clicking on family photo investigations. 

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