I know that my guest’s feelings about abandoned orphan photos will resonate with you.  He hates seeing a photo abandoned and unfortunately he sees a lot of them.  It’s a personal mission for Kody Beltz of the Good Finch Company of Witcha, Kansas. He’s an estate and antique dealer.  His eventually successful adventure using Facebook to reunite some identified images with family resulted in national attention.  Here’s the amazing part–Kody isn’t a family historian.  He just loves photos and prefers they remain in family hands even if they end up in a shoebox. His mission is to reunite orphan photos with relatives.

Related Episodes:

Episode 32: The Man Behind DeadFred.com

Bonus Episode: Lost History Discovered (in the Recycling)

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About My Guest:

Kody Beltz is the Co-Owner of The Good Finch Co. Selling vintage and antiques along with Estate Sale services.

About Maureen Taylor:

Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London, and Canada.  She’s the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She’s been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany’s top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website, and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.com

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