Photographs
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Delving into an old photograph

In a previous post https://myancestors.blog/2023/09/21/two-almost-orphaned-photographs/ I revealed a bit of a soft spot for old photographs. In my ‘About this blog’ https://myancestors.blog/about-2/ I also spoke about why I think it’s important to remember the ancestors and use the records we have to reconnect some of the dots. This wonderful photograph includes all the twenty-one descendants Continue reading
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Two Almost Orphaned Photographs
It’s sad when photographs lose their connection to the living. This thought always occurs to me when I see portraits amongst bric a brac.It seems even worse to inherit such photographs. These two wonderful photographs lived in my grandad JARVIS’s Gladstone bag. Grandad JARVIS know that they were family photographs, but as far as I Continue reading
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The Curious Incident of the Dog…
A few months ago this photograph arrived in my inbox. It came with a mystery. Who is the woman in the photograph? Now I’m not very good with old photographs. Some family historians seem to have an uncanny ability to instantly spot an article of clothing, a button or a hairstyle and date a photograph Continue reading
