Category Archives: Postcard

Are you related to the MAPPIN or RIDSDEL families from Essex?

Posted on March 1, 2021 by charnwoodgenealogy

A lovey friend recently sent me this interesting old postcard from Gretna Green to investigate – it shows the marriage details for Hector Graeme MAPPIN from the Parish of St Andrews who married Olive Emily RISDEL from Downham in Essex … Continue reading →

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Do you have CREED’s from Norfolk or WILDSMITH’s from Warwickshire in your family tree?

Posted on May 25, 2020 by charnwoodgenealogy

A lovely old photograph I found on my travels in London in 2018 was of a young man with the name Stanley Norman CREED 13 years written at the bottom. It is such a good clear photograph I decided to … Continue reading →

Posted in 11 Malden Road, CREED, Downham, Leamington Spa, Norfolk, Old Photograph, One Name Study, Photograph, Postcard, Social History, Warwickshire, WILDSMITH | Leave a comment

Are you related to the BLANDFORD family from Risca in Monmouthshire, Wales?

Posted on May 7, 2020 by charnwoodgenealogy

A while back I found a lovely old photograph postcard, as below, of three boys, possibly brothers, with the names T BLANDFORD, Alf BLANDFORD and H BLANDFORD on the back and today decided to start trying to research it further. … Continue reading →

Posted in BLANDFORD, LEAMAN, Monmouthshire, Old Photograph, One Name Study, PARSONS, Photograph, Postcard, Risca, Wales, World War 2 | Leave a comment

UPDATE: A postcard sent from Italy in 1910 to Henry LONGLEY in Tunbridge Wells and a link to a Vice-Admiral

Posted on March 31, 2020 by charnwoodgenealogy

Update: Last weekend I received a lovey email from a direct descendant of Henry LONGLEY whose mother had  come across my original blog post whilst browsing/searching the internet for family information. Henry LONGLEY was her Great Grandfather and she was … Continue reading →

Posted in COOK, DICK, DSO, Eric William Longley COOK, Henfield Sussex, LONGLEY, LOWLES, Military, One Name Study, Postcard, Social History, Tower House, Tunbridge Wells, Vice-Admiral | 3 Comments

Are you connected to the COWLISHAW or CUTTS families from Sheffield?

Posted on January 31, 2020 by charnwoodgenealogy

This recent old photographic postcard find was postally unused although it had a name and address on the back – the photograph shows what could be a father. mother and possibly their three daughters standing in their garden – could … Continue reading →

Posted in 257 City Road, BOWER, COWLISHAW, CUTTS, Old Photograph, One Name Study, Postcard, Sheffield, Social History, WAKEFIELD, Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Are you related to the HILLS family from Enfield Wash?

Posted on January 30, 2020 by charnwoodgenealogy

A recent old photographic postcard find was this lovely image of a smartly dress young man which had written on the back Mr C HILLS, 34 Uckfield Road, Enfield Wash – could I find a family link? I started by … Continue reading →

Posted in 34 Uckfield Road, Enfield Wash, HILLS, MADDER, Old Photograph, One Name Study, Orsett, Photograph, Postcard, Royal Small Arms Factory, Social History, WW1 Photograph | Leave a comment

Do you have a LUCKETT from Reading in your family tree?

Posted on January 7, 2020 by charnwoodgenealogy

One of my recent old photograph postcard finds was this lovely old image of a mother and son and on the back although there were no names there was an address and a month and year: The reverse of the … Continue reading →

Posted in 61 Coventry Road, Berkshire, BUSBY, Huntley & Palmers, LUCKETT, Old Photograph, One Name Study, Photograph, Postcard, Reading, VIVIAN | Leave a comment

Are you related to Hogarth George MACK from Norfolk?

Posted on December 31, 2019 by charnwoodgenealogy

On Sunday I visited the Tolworth Postcard Fair in London and among my minds was this lovely old photographic postcard of a young man very smartly dressed in his naval uniform as below: On turning the postcard over I was … Continue reading →

Posted in 13 Olive Road, FORSTER, Great Yarmouth, Hogarth, M V British Union, MACK, Military, Navy, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norwich, Old Photograph, One Name Study, Photograph, Postcard, SMITH, Social History, World War 2 | Leave a comment

Do you have a connection to Richard Farmer LANE from Loughborough in Leicestershire?

Posted on November 20, 2019 by charnwoodgenealogy

I recently bought a large bundle of old photo postcards and as always I scan the backs for any clues to possibly identify the people shown in them – one that caught my eye was this lovely old photo card … Continue reading →

Posted in 12 Chapman Street, COLLINS, Lance Corporal, LANE, Leicestershire Regiment, Loughborough, Old Photograph, One Name Study, Photograph, Postcard, SHEPHERD, Social History, World War 1 | Leave a comment

If only they had a clue – beautiful old social history photographs!!

Posted on August 19, 2019 by charnwoodgenealogy

I have been very lucky on my travels to find several old family/wedding photos that have had clues on the back to help identify and research the people in them to hopefully reunite them with a  family member. However over … Continue reading →

Posted in Photograph, Postcard, Social History, Uncategorized | 4 Comments