Articles and Contributions

Current magazines

Family Tree
August 2007 - December 2010: Occasional readers' photo dating
August 2009: Article - Followers of Fashion - Dress at the time of the 1911 census
July 2010: Article - The Family Tree Guide to Family Photographs, 1840-1940
January 2011 - present: Your Q & A - regular readers' photo dating column
January 2011: Article - Picture the Occasion - Identifying the occasions in family photographs
February 2011: Article - Dressed for Work
May 2011: Article - Periwigs and Petticoats - 18th Century Dress
June 2011: Article - Dressing 19th-Century Style
July 2011: Article - On the Beach - A history of seaside resorts and beachwear
December 2011: Article - Cartomania - Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the carte de visite photograph
May 2012: Article - Following Fashion in Early Colonial India
June 2012: Article - Game, Set, Match! A History of Tennis Dress
July 2012: Article - Dressing to Win - A History of Sportswear
November 2012: Article - Fur and Feathers: The Dark Side of Fashion
February 2013: Article - Winter Warmers: Dressing for the cold weather, 1750-1950
April 2013: Article - Clothing our ancestors

Your Family History
April 2010: Article - Changing Fashions in Edwardian Britain
May 2010 - present: Ask the Experts - regular readers' photo dating column
February 2011: Article - Photography: Mirror of the World - early photographs and studios of the 1840s
May 2011: Article - Queens of Fashion - royal weddings and bridal fashions
July 2011: Article - Jane Austen: Fashion Icon
December 2011: Article - Dating Family Photographs
July 2012: Article - Racing Style through the ages
September 2012: Article - The Grand Tour: Foreign Travel in the 18th Century
November 2012: Article - Motoring Dress
December 2012: Article - The Victorian Scrapbook
January 2013: Article - Dress in the 1920s
February 2013: Article - Old Family Photo Albums

Irish Lives Remembered - online magazine
October 2012 - Present: Regular readers' Irish photo dating column

Inside History - Australian magazine
May/June 2011: Ask our Experts - reader photo dating and analysis
July/August 2011: Article - The Art of Photo Dating

Past magazines

Family History Monthly
September 2010: Article - Our Fashionable Forebears - Female fashion, 18th-20th centuries
February 2011: Article - In the Picture - Researching ancestral artworks (paintings and drawings)
May 2011: In the Frame feature - Selected images from How to get the Most from Family Pictures (SoG, 2011)
March 2012: Article - Photographing the Fairer Sex - Our female forebears' love affair with the camera

Discover My Past Scotland on-line magazine
November/December 2011: Article - Fashion in Scottish Family Pictures

Practical Family History magazine
April 2006 - December 2010: Date Old Photographs - regular readers' photo dating column
December 2008 - December 2010: Fashion History series - Underwear, The Male suit, First World War dress, Inter-war Dress, Second World War Dress, Jewellery, Cosmetics, Hairstyles
September 2009: Article - Watch the Birdie! - Researching studio photographers
March 2010: Article - With this ring... - Family wedding photographs
August 2010: Article - Date Amateur Family Snaps
December 2010: Article - Facial Recognition Software

Ancestors
January 2007: Article - Corsets and Cravats - Victorian fashion
February 2007: Article - Smile for the Camera - Fashion in family photographs

Journals

Textile Society Magazine 1991 (Volume 16, Indian Issue): Article - Silver Threads and Beetles'Wings: Indian finery in British India

Textile History 1992 (Volume 23, No.1): Essay - Dressing for a Tropical Climate: the role of native fabrics in fashionable dress in early colonial India.

Handbooks and Directories

The Genealogical Services Directory (2001)
Article: Clothing the Past: Dating and Analysing Dress in Old Family Photographs
The Family and Local History Handbook 13 (2011)
Article: Dating Family Photographs: Researching Victorian and Edwardian Photographers and Studios
The Irish Family and Local History Handbook (2011)
Article: Looking at family photographs from Eire and Northern Ireland 1840-1940

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