If you use Artificial Intelligence (AI) on a digital image of an ancestral photograph to “improve” it (or enhance it in other ways), the use of AI should should be noted. Text at the bottom of the photograph should indicate that the image was colorized, enhanced, or otherwise altered (either by hand or by AI). An unaltered scan or photograph of a document or image generally represents a true reproduction of the original item. While those scans or photographs are technically derivative copies, their intent is to simply reproduce the original. Altered digital copies are most decidedly derivative copies and in the case of colorization and AI may includes elements (color choices, facial nuances, background details, etc.) not represented as they were in the original. That potential for […]
From a while back Have you thought about who took care of your ancestor’s children? If the mother died young, what happened (since typically the mother had childcare responsibilities)? If the mother worked outside the home, who took care of the children? If the father died young, was the mother able to support them herself? Were there relatives close enough to watch them without them having to leave the home? Were there older children who could help out? What if all the children were too young for one of them to help care for the others? This is something to consider no matter the time period or location of your research. Families with more financial means usually had more options and potentially less disruption for the remaining family […]
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