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Join Us for Our Next Meeting:
June 7, 2026 2-5 PM
at Tucson JCC
3 Hour Hands-On Workshop by Tina LaFreniere
Connecting Faces Through Time: How Related Faces Can Help Identify Unknown People in Old Photos
WORKSHOP SPECIAL
Related Faces will DONATE a FREE ($65) six month subscription in a raffle for ALL who participate via in-person and on-line PLUS all participants will receive a 20% Relative Faces subscription which is attached to the Handout. To participate, please Register for this event (see below)
Biography
Tina LaFreniere is the founder and CEO of Related Faces Technologies. She is a graduate of The University of Houston where she earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance. Tina began her genealogical journey almost 20 years ago and along the way she inherited thousands of photos from her family, hundreds with no identification. In 2018, these photos were the inspiration for creating Related Faces. Tina is a board member of the Genealogical Society of Comal County, Texas, a member of The Texas Genealogical Society, The National Genealogical Society as well as numerous local societies. Tina also holds two U.S. patents for use of facial recognition on photos for genealogical purposes.
Workshop Experience
Every day, pieces of photographic family history are sold, discarded, or lost because unlabeled photos are passed down after the people who could identify them are no longer here to do so.
In her workshop, Connecting Faces Through Time: How Related Faces Can Help Identify Unknown People in Old Photos, Tina LaFreniere walks attendees through the process of identifying unknown individuals in old photographs using Related Faces, a facial recognition tool designed for genealogical research.
This workshop helps participants begin tackling boxes of unlabeled photos by covering practical strategies for estimating photo dates, understanding the basics of facial recognition, and properly digitizing images; even with just a cell phone. It also includes real-world examples of photos that can be challenging for facial recognition, what can and cannot be done with them, and how to set realistic expectations when working with poor-quality digitized images.
Attendees will also get a brief tour of Related Faces’ features to better understand how matches are made and how the tool supports the identification process.
The workshop goes on to showcase real photo mysteries solved with Related Faces, along with techniques used to confirm the results. In some cases, those discoveries helped expand not only a person’s family tree, but also their FAN club.
Group photos present their own challenges, and this workshop offers tips for tackling large group images. It also demonstrates how identifying just one person in a photograph can, through association, help uncover the identities of many others.
After completing this course, attendees should feel comfortable enough to start tacking their unlabeled photo project.
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