iceberg and sank April 15, 1912. For more information, click here.
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This photo was interesting because it took a victim from the past and tied it to the
present with new technology from DNA Testing to find family. Anna Farris
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Titanic has always been an interest of mine, even if recent news means that our quiz
answers were wrong...http://www.hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=48631&sc=89
Mary Fraser
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Quiz #81 had "titanic" inportance. This was a gravestone photo of an unknown child
who perished with the tragic sinking of the Titanic on her maiden voyage in 1912. DNA
analysis and forensic genealogical research in 2002 identified remains from the grave as
from Eino Viljami Panula, age 13 months, of Finland. Last week, after further DNA
analysis, the identification was changed to Sidney Leslie Goodwin, age 19 months,
from England.
The answers to quiz #81, like all of the quiz answers, were chock-full of interesting
information, photos, web hyperlinks and varied comments from the Quizmasters. In
particular, finding mitochondrial DNA in the dentin of a tiny, 90 years old tooth was
remarkable.
Forensic Genealogy photo quizzes seem to tailor made for the Information Age. Internet
search engines and on-line image collections provide abundant information to those who
seek answers to challenging questions. Stan Read
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This photo was interesting because it took a victim from the past and tied it to the
present with new technology from DNA Testing to find family. Anna Farris
**********
Titanic has always been an interest of mine, even if recent news means that our quiz
answers were wrong...http://www.hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=48631&sc=89
Mary Fraser
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Quiz #81 had "titanic" inportance. This was a gravestone photo of an unknown child
who perished with the tragic sinking of the Titanic on her maiden voyage in 1912. DNA
analysis and forensic genealogical research in 2002 identified remains from the grave as
from Eino Viljami Panula, age 13 months, of Finland. Last week, after further DNA
analysis, the identification was changed to Sidney Leslie Goodwin, age 19 months,
from England.
The answers to quiz #81, like all of the quiz answers, were chock-full of interesting
information, photos, web hyperlinks and varied comments from the Quizmasters. In
particular, finding mitochondrial DNA in the dentin of a tiny, 90 years old tooth was
remarkable.
Forensic Genealogy photo quizzes seem to tailor made for the Information Age. Internet
search engines and on-line image collections provide abundant information to those who
seek answers to challenging questions. Stan Read
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| Fourth Semi-Annual Forensic Genealogy Photo Quiz Survey August 5, 2007 |
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| Survey #4, August 5, 2007 Winner of Best Picture |
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| Quiz #120 July 29, 2007 Boston Smoke Shop Photo Taken January 24, 1917 Mary Creed, 14 Year-Old Sales Clerk |
I was unable to date the photo and was inspired by the methods the quizmasters used to
do so.
The only improvement would be to make them daily! (ducking and running). I love the
photo quizzes and hope to implement a similar form of information quest-- perhaps
vocabulary-oriented -- for my community college classes this fall in order to build their
ability to use search engines and to know where to look even if they don't know the
answer, skills that I think are often sadly missing these days. Thank you!
Kristi Murdock
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The web site for the cigar museum was the most informative. Cigar boxes were fun to
play with as a child. The web site for the cigar museum was the most entertaining and
informative. I liked looking at all of the pictures. I look forward to looking at the cigar
museum web site in the future. Delores Martin
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Boston- where I went to college. Loved looking up the vintage postcards, and trying to
find out when/where this took place. Mary Fraser
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This was tough - #1 choice was Rushville (#69) followed by runners up Smoke Shop
(#120) and Shue and Dennis (#82) - All very fun! Each photo was filled with all kinds
of clues. I learned something new from doing research on each photo. Challenging, fun
and more fun! Kept the cobwebs out of the old brain! Grace Hertz
do so.
The only improvement would be to make them daily! (ducking and running). I love the
photo quizzes and hope to implement a similar form of information quest-- perhaps
vocabulary-oriented -- for my community college classes this fall in order to build their
ability to use search engines and to know where to look even if they don't know the
answer, skills that I think are often sadly missing these days. Thank you!
Kristi Murdock
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The web site for the cigar museum was the most informative. Cigar boxes were fun to
play with as a child. The web site for the cigar museum was the most entertaining and
informative. I liked looking at all of the pictures. I look forward to looking at the cigar
museum web site in the future. Delores Martin
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Boston- where I went to college. Loved looking up the vintage postcards, and trying to
find out when/where this took place. Mary Fraser
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This was tough - #1 choice was Rushville (#69) followed by runners up Smoke Shop
(#120) and Shue and Dennis (#82) - All very fun! Each photo was filled with all kinds
of clues. I learned something new from doing research on each photo. Challenging, fun
and more fun! Kept the cobwebs out of the old brain! Grace Hertz
| valuable tools for researching more complicated and esoteric problems. The search for the tomb was very exciting and challenging. It was only after working towards the answer to the quiz that I realized what the hint in the title meant..Ha, Ha, very sly indeed.....Keep the quizzes coming..... Bob McKenna |
| Tied for Second Place |
This seems to me a unique
glimpse at some practical
issues during the Civil War that
may not be considered when
we think of burying the dead.
I'm sure I just assumed they
only dug a hole or hauled the
men home, in some cases.
Emily Aulicino
There was a multitude of
informational facts in this
one. Since I'm researching this
time period, I was especially
happy to see it.
Lynda Snider
glimpse at some practical
issues during the Civil War that
may not be considered when
we think of burying the dead.
I'm sure I just assumed they
only dug a hole or hauled the
men home, in some cases.
Emily Aulicino
There was a multitude of
informational facts in this
one. Since I'm researching this
time period, I was especially
happy to see it.
Lynda Snider
Must I only pick one? If I must then #65 is my favorite- The Civil War Embalming
Tent. It was something I had never seen before and found it so interesting. Of course,
you know I am into cemeteries and dead people anyway.
I love the quizes, I always look and sometimes try to figure them out even if I don't
have time to finish it, so I don't always send in an answer. Last week, I knew the
answer, didn't even have to look hard, just forgot to send it in. Good luck Colleen!
Debbie Sterbinsky
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N.B. The story of the initially
unidentified child from the
Titanic was in the news again
in July 2007. Researchers
discovered that the child had
been wrongly identified in 2002
through analysis of DNA from
a bone fragment as the
13-month-old Finnish boy Eino
Viljami Panula who drowned
with his mother and five
brothers on the ship. Additional
DNA testing identified the child
as Sydney Leslie Goodwin of
Melksham in southern
England, a 18-month-old
English boy who perished with
his parents when the ship hit an
unidentified child from the
Titanic was in the news again
in July 2007. Researchers
discovered that the child had
been wrongly identified in 2002
through analysis of DNA from
a bone fragment as the
13-month-old Finnish boy Eino
Viljami Panula who drowned
with his mother and five
brothers on the ship. Additional
DNA testing identified the child
as Sydney Leslie Goodwin of
Melksham in southern
England, a 18-month-old
English boy who perished with
his parents when the ship hit an
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| Tied for Third Place |
| Quiz #117 July 8, 2007 Tomb of James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenney, Ireland |
It was the most challenging one
for me. Keep them coming. It
makes my week complete and
hones up the research skills.
Fred Stuart
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It involved researching into a
unique subject situated in a
foreign location that had not
been presented earlier in a quiz.
The research for the answer to
the quiz was gained by the use
of the digitized books on web
sites such as Google Books. The
explosion of informational Web
sites such as Google, Footnote
and Sharpe are examples of
for me. Keep them coming. It
makes my week complete and
hones up the research skills.
Fred Stuart
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It involved researching into a
unique subject situated in a
foreign location that had not
been presented earlier in a quiz.
The research for the answer to
the quiz was gained by the use
of the digitized books on web
sites such as Google Books. The
explosion of informational Web
sites such as Google, Footnote
and Sharpe are examples of
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I like the ones that are older and
have history to go with them.
The more clues the better and
this one had a lot of things to
look at and identify on the photo.
I had a hard time deciding since
I wasn't active doing the quizzes
last year. Dawn Carlile
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Lots of fun trolling the web for
both vintage and contemporary
pictures of Main Street.
Mary Fraser
have history to go with them.
The more clues the better and
this one had a lot of things to
look at and identify on the photo.
I had a hard time deciding since
I wasn't active doing the quizzes
last year. Dawn Carlile
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Lots of fun trolling the web for
both vintage and contemporary
pictures of Main Street.
Mary Fraser
| Quiz #87 November 26, 2006 Tama, Iowa on the Lincoln Highway |
| Some of my great grandparents came from Norway and settled in Tama, Iowa. Gary Sterne ********** Virtually insignificant information that eventually panned out. No History book, just looking at the minutia led to the answers one at a time. I think having nothing recognizable at all, and working with what can be worked with in the photo is the true forensics in the quizzes. Rolf Parkes |
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| Quiz #112 June 3, 2007 The Market Place of Old Norwich, England, 1861-1876 |
| I got to be the guinea pig for this one, to see if it was even solvable. Lots of fun! Mary Fraser ********** Even though I did not answer this quiz correctly, I love the challenge to research for the correct answer. While doing the research I have learned a great deal about how to "play detective"; looking for clues, making assumptions and, most important, staying on track. |
I use these quizzes in my ESE lessons. For the population that I teach, these quizzes
offer my students a chance to use the Internet to research a subject; to stay on a task
and work at solving a problem as a team. I plan to supplement these quizzes with both
my own projects and those of my students for this coming school year.
Rick Mackinney
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I saw a National Geo special on the
topic a few days before you posted it...
and I like the ones I can solve easily...
lazy me! You two GO! I love the
quizzes!
Suzan Farris
N.B. That's not the first time a
big story in the media has
coincided with the subject of a
quiz. It's eerie how they are
tracking and copying our
puzzles......
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#101 about James Dean because
I knew he died in a car accident
topic a few days before you posted it...
and I like the ones I can solve easily...
lazy me! You two GO! I love the
quizzes!
Suzan Farris
N.B. That's not the first time a
big story in the media has
coincided with the subject of a
quiz. It's eerie how they are
tracking and copying our
puzzles......
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#101 about James Dean because
I knew he died in a car accident
| Quiz #69 July 21, 2006 Rushville, NE Sometime before Presidential Election Day, November 3, 1908 |
| Like Deadwood, lots of fun spending time on Evan's site. I'm still hoping that someday we'll run across Nora Philippino and the Wild Girls.... Mary Fraser ********** This was tough - #1 choice was Rushville (#69). Keep up the good work! Thank you so much for everything, Fearless Leader! Grace Hertz |
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but never knew the details. What a tragedy.
Like that you send out the email when the contest has been posted; I could not imagine what
happened to the one that was late, kept checking for it; I really like the variety; In this week's
contest, about cigar shop, someone suggested cans of food on the shelf in back...I thought
they would be cans of snuff. Thanks for all of your time and
effort. Alice
Hix
Like that you send out the email when the contest has been posted; I could not imagine what
happened to the one that was late, kept checking for it; I really like the variety; In this week's
contest, about cigar shop, someone suggested cans of food on the shelf in back...I thought
they would be cans of snuff. Thanks for all of your time and
effort. Alice
Hix
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| Quiz #93 January 21, 2007 William "Snowflake" Bentley took the first picture of a snowflake on January 15, 1885. |
Design in nature is subtle yet
grand in the micro and in the
macro; far surpassing man's
attempts to emulate or emulsify,
as in photography, xray,
spectrographs, ultrasound,
frequency, etc. Mike
Dalton
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We'd seen this quiz a few weeks
after it was answered. It was
unusual, and something we've
never heard of. Who would have
thought one could take a photo
of a snowflake. I've copied and
pasted that website and sent it to
a few friends. We like the
variety of different subjects.
Mark & Gwen Upton
grand in the micro and in the
macro; far surpassing man's
attempts to emulate or emulsify,
as in photography, xray,
spectrographs, ultrasound,
frequency, etc. Mike
Dalton
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We'd seen this quiz a few weeks
after it was answered. It was
unusual, and something we've
never heard of. Who would have
thought one could take a photo
of a snowflake. I've copied and
pasted that website and sent it to
a few friends. We like the
variety of different subjects.
Mark & Gwen Upton
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| I had fun trying to figure what was traveling along the nerve network. From my training I knew it had to be nerve related and not lymphatic. It was interesting. Jim Kiser ********** [This] was such a challenge for me and I never got the correct answer. These quizzes sure open up a new world for me. In searching. you learn so many facts that you never even thought of before. Sharon Martin |
| Quiz #118 July 15, 2007 Students playing hide and seek at the Overbrook School for the Blind in Philadelphia. |
I also loved the one, at the
school for the blind,playing hide
and seek.
Keep up the good work
Sharon Martin
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It is really hard to pick a best
because I learn so many new
and interesting facts which each
and every photo. All being said,
my latest favorite is 118.
It is just such a funny idea,
children at the school for the
blind playing hide and see. It was
school for the blind,playing hide
and seek.
Keep up the good work
Sharon Martin
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It is really hard to pick a best
because I learn so many new
and interesting facts which each
and every photo. All being said,
my latest favorite is 118.
It is just such a funny idea,
children at the school for the
blind playing hide and see. It was
one of those "I know what they are doing!" right away. It was fun to find out all the
facts about it.
It is such a fun little challenge to my week. I know the questions are meant to be vague
sometimes, but like the anxious student, I waste to much time agonizing over the most
obvious things and read far too much into the questions. I am trying to correct myself
and my search skills. Now, to me that is the best part of the quizzes. It keeps
sharpening my search skills and gives me all kinds of new ideas. Thank you for being
our quiz guru. Judy Pfaff
facts about it.
It is such a fun little challenge to my week. I know the questions are meant to be vague
sometimes, but like the anxious student, I waste to much time agonizing over the most
obvious things and read far too much into the questions. I am trying to correct myself
and my search skills. Now, to me that is the best part of the quizzes. It keeps
sharpening my search skills and gives me all kinds of new ideas. Thank you for being
our quiz guru. Judy Pfaff
| Honorable Mentions |
| Olveta Culp Hobby Director of Federal Security Agency Under Dwight Eisenhower |
| This photo of Eisenhower's cabinet was not the most charming in the photo quiz but it had, for me, the combination of difficulty and using what I already knew to make it a challenge but not too much trouble to mess with. Paula Harris |
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That racetrack cemetery runs a
close second, with the igloo church
nipping at its heels -looked too hard
to see the picture! Of course
Amadeus was great, and the
Mississippi taken in Memphis his
close to home. But we can't forget
ELVIS!! What a man. What can I
say, you have just done a great
job! Debbie
Sterbinski
close second, with the igloo church
nipping at its heels -looked too hard
to see the picture! Of course
Amadeus was great, and the
Mississippi taken in Memphis his
close to home. But we can't forget
ELVIS!! What a man. What can I
say, you have just done a great
job! Debbie
Sterbinski
| Quiz #76 September 6, 2006 Cold Church |
| Quiz #68 July 14, 2006 Amadeus |
| Quiz #113 June 3, 2007 Up in the Air |
| Quiz #66 July 1, 2006 Hounddog |
| Quiz #104 April 8, 2007 Lucky Olive |
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| I enjoy the variety and opportunity to learn more about the different eras and the places where I have not been, as yet. I should vote for my own!..... LOL Emily Aulicino |
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| Keep it up. I'm also addicted to crosswords. Jim Kiser |
My second favorite was the Ludgate Circus bonus quiz.
But I love trying each week, it makes you think, often
"outside the box" to figure out what to search for online.
Dawn Carlile
But I love trying each week, it makes you think, often
"outside the box" to figure out what to search for online.
Dawn Carlile
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| This was my favorite of the latest group because it was so unique, and I didn't solve it correctly. While I had no heard of a tunnel/bridge, I had no idea that there would be more than one of them! Kudos for stumping the Kelly- Bean. My comment is that I hope that you have a zillion photos waiting in the wings, these are so much fun, and I always learn something from them! Kelly Fetherlin |
Just keep the quizzes going. Its great to see
the old photos. Kathy Storm
the old photos. Kathy Storm
| I never realized how much was told by the little things such as shadows. I never really looked at a picture that closely before, it helped bring out the Sherlock Holmes in me. Look forward to seeing you in Detroit in September! Mark Brzys |
| LAST BUT NOT LEAST |
| Dead Horse Update Click HERE to read our analysis of the Dead Horse Picture from the Sheboygan Press. |
