Monthly Archives: May 2017

Herbert SIMPSON from Harrogate WW1 Postcard

Posted on May 31, 2017 by charnwoodgenealogy

Another recent postcard find is of Birk Crag in Harrogate in Yorkshire sent to Gunner Herbert SIMPSON regimental number 89543 at a Military Camp in Aldershot during World War 1 – it was sent from his son Walter. The message … Continue reading →

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Are you related to Reginald and Edith ECCLES nee BREARLEY from Elland?

Posted on May 31, 2017 by charnwoodgenealogy

Another fascinating photographic postcard I found at the Postcard Fair in Bury St Edmunds at the weekend was a wedding photograph taken by A RUSSELL at the Southend Studio in Elland. Living in Southend-on-Sea in Essex the ‘Southend’ word caught … Continue reading →

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Hannah FOSTER nee SNELLING born 9th November 1832 in Wortham in Suffolk – any connection?

Posted on May 30, 2017 by charnwoodgenealogy

I was at a postcard fair in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk over the weekend and as well as searching the topographical postcards boxes, I can never resist looking in the people or social history sections as well. As you … Continue reading →

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Do you have a link to these Ipswich photographs?

Posted on May 16, 2017 by charnwoodgenealogy

Amongst my other finds at the Fair in Woking on Saturday were two old photographs both taken by photographers in Ipswich in Suffolk. The first was taken by WHITEHEAD and has the name Mrs Edwin MAKIN written in pencil on … Continue reading →

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Do you have a Grace Edith DRAPER in your family tree?

Posted on May 16, 2017 by charnwoodgenealogy

On a visit to the Postcard Fair in Woking at the weekend I found a lovely photographic postcard of a lady holding a baby which on the back says ‘ Grace Edith DRAPER aged 13 weeks’. As you all now … Continue reading →

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Typo – Farmlingham not Framlingham!

Posted on May 4, 2017 by charnwoodgenealogy

Using the old newspapers online frequently in my genealogy research, I am always searching for variants of words in case of mis-spelling etc. – therefore when searching for Framlingham stories I will also try Framlington or Framingham. I was therefore … Continue reading →

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