Silent Storytellers: A Genealogist’s Guide to Cemetery Photography

Judy G. Russell, JD, CG®, CGL®, FUGA
Apr 11, 2024
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About this webinar

They stand there behind those gates: marble and granite memorials to those who went before. The stones in those cemeteries and the stories they tell for our families are of crucial importance to genealogists. How can we best get access to the land where they stand, and photograph them to capture the stories they tell?

About the speaker

A genealogist with a law degree, Judy G. Russell is a lecturer, educator and writer who enjoys helping others understand a wide variety of genealogical issues, including the interplay between genealog...
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  1. GC
    Georgeana Cook
    1 year ago

    Thank you Judy for this excellent presentation. Thank you for the tips and tricks. I appreciate your knowledge and understanding of photography of headstones.

  2. ED
    Elaine Drury
    1 year ago

    Greatest!!

  3. CN
    Carol Noffz
    1 year ago

    glad she included cell phones

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    Judy Hogel
    1 year ago

    Appreciate the photography information.

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    Arthur Brown
    1 year ago

    Good job

  6. AS
    Ann Shettles
    1 year ago

    These tips about how to take photographs was invaluable. Thought a lot about the story. I thought about a small cemetery I went to In New Mexico and seeing the small cement handmade stones of the small babies and children. It was touching to see how important it was to those poor families, many of my relatives were among them, wanted to let the world know this child existed and was buried there.

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    Jane Mackesy
    1 year ago

    Judy's genealogy knowledge and photography expertise made this phenomenal.

  8. LC
    Lila Canuelle
    1 year ago

    Excellent content and terrific tips for getting the "right" shot at the right time! Just the tips on using light were worth the price of admission!

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