Do you have a family photo in your collection with people you don’t recognize? Perhaps you have a photo that was taken in an unusual place that you can’t identify. Often we have to decipher clues in our old photos to understand the time, place, people, and events happening in them.

Enter our photo contest for a chance to win free registration to our workshop and seminar with Maureen Taylor, the photo detective. Maureen’s expert tips will help you examine your photo albums for clues. Maureen’s signature 5 step identification (who, what, where, when and why) and her interpretation process applies to photos and photo albums whether they are old or somewhat new. What will you discover about your family from your photo album?

Contest Rules

To enter the contest, complete the following:

1. Share a family photo publicly on social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, personal blog, etc.) with the hashtag  #FamilyPhotoMystery and a link to this contest: http://bit.ly/PCGSphotocontest
2. The family photo should be from your own collection and have a mystery about it – an unidentified person, place, object, etc. Tell about the mystery in your post.
3. Comment on this blog post with a link to your post.

Enter by Friday October 9, 2020. The winner will be selected and announced on October 10. By entering the contest, you give permission to the Pima County Genealogy Society to share your photo and mystery in a blog post if you are chosen as a winner or runner-up.

Prize

The winner will receive free registration for both our workshop and seminar with Maureen Taylor, the Photo Detective, on Oct 16-17: 

• • Hands-on virtual workshop, “Love and Loss in the Family Album: Finding the Story Between the Covers” on Friday, 16 October 2020 at 9-11am or 1-3pm PDT (valued at $30)
  • Virtual seminar, “Exploring Photos with the Photo Detective” on Saturday, 17 October 2020 at 9am-12pm PDT (valued at $35)

Two runners-up will receive free registration for the afternoon workshop only. If the winner or runners-up have already registered, they will receive a refund for the cost of their registration.

Winner Selection

One winner and two runners-up will be selected on October 10th by the Pima County Genealogy Society publicity committee. The winner and runners-up will be publicly announced on social media and will be featured in a blog post here at the Pima County Genealogy Society blog.

We will contact the winners by email. Please join our email list if you would like to receive updates about educational programs, workshops, and classes. You can do this by clicking “Subscribe to Blog via Email” in the sidebar.