Events: Class

Picture This: A Historic Photograph Workshop

A black and white image from the mid-1900s with a woman and her two children sitting on an armchair, photographed by a man holding a camera.
Walter Hallowell (left) photographs Roy McCauley’s family for Darmstaetter’s Photo Supply House and then shows them the camera. From the Darmstaetter Collection, LancasterHistory.

Have you inherited a box of family photographs? Have you cleaned out a closet or your attic and found a few photo albums? Are you the family archivist? If so, this class is for you! In this workshop, you’ll learn about various types of photographs and photographic images, methods of dating photographs, and tips and tricks for preserving your family’s photographic legacy. We’ll include resources found both online and here at LancasterHistory.

“Picture This: A Historic Photograph Workshop” will be held on Saturday, February 21 from 10am-12pm at the LancasterHistory Museum & Research Center. Tickets are $20 for LancasterHistory Members and $25 for non-members. To register, click the button below to order online or call 717.392.4633 to register over the phone. Participants are encouraged to bring examples of their own photograph collections for discussions.

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February 21, 2026 LancasterHistory Museum & Research Center, 230 N. President Ave., Lancaster 10am $20 LancasterHistory Members | $25 Non-Members
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Make Sense of Your DNA Matches: A Genealogy Workshop

Carte de visites displayed in the Lorentz family photo album c. 1864 - 1877
Carte de vistes displayed in the Lorentz family photo album c. 1864 – 1877

If you’ve taken a DNA test and want to use it to grow your family tree, this workshop will help you do it! Donna Backus, a genealogist with decades of experience, will teach participants how to identify unknown matches and matches already in their family tree, add matches to their tree, and sort and group DNA matches.

“Make Sense of Your DNA Matches: A Genealogy Workshop” will be held on Saturday, May 23 from 10am-12pm at the LancasterHistory Museum & Research Center. Tickets are $20 for LancasterHistory Members and $25 for non-members. To register, click the button below to order online or call 717.392.4633 to register over the phone. Participants in this workshop should have already taken a DNA test, preferably through Ancestry.com.

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May 23, 2026 LancasterHistory Museum & Research Center, 230 N. President Ave., Lancaster 10am-12pm $20 LancasterHistory Members | $25 Non-Members
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