After a long spell tending to other business, I finally "got back to my roots" a bit and wrote an article for Ancestry.com's 24/7 Family History Circle. It's about my long, but finally successful search for a photo of one of my great-grandfathers, David Shields, an immigrant from Northern Ireland. Those of you who haven't played with passport application records yet might find a fresh idea.
What's especially nice for me is reading the remarks -- some sharing their own experiences of finally discovering a photo and some warmly congratulating me. And by the way, I also received an email from a distant cousin. One of the perks of being a genealogical writer!
If you're curious, you can read the article here.