Category Archives: Suffolk

Are you connected to the STOTT family from Wath-on-Dearne inYorkshire, Sudbourne in Suffolk and Netherbury in Dorset?

Posted on February 27, 2023 by charnwoodgenealogy

Another great find at the Bloomsbury postcard fair in London yesterday was this lovely old photograph, as below, which has had the date and names typed onto it – it was taken in October 1912 and shows Hilda STOTT (died … Continue reading →

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I Don’t Care I Kissed Her – Another Easton WW1 Postcard

Posted on January 17, 2018 by charnwoodgenealogy

As part of my Easton WW1 Red Cross Hospital research I am always on the lookout for old postcards that have been sent by the soldiers who were recovering in the Suffolk village away from the frontline trenches in France … 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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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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UPDATE…Have I finally smashed my own Brick Wall – Missing Great Grandmother!

Posted on January 14, 2017 by charnwoodgenealogy

Further to my blog post earlier this week ‘Have I finally smashed my own Brick Wall – Missing Great Grandmother! there have been some developments…… Have I finally smashed my own Brick Wall – Missing Great Grandmother! Having discovered that my … Continue reading →

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More Easton WW1 postcards discovered!

Posted on December 30, 2016 by charnwoodgenealogy

Following a visit to a Postcard and Paper Fair in Tolworth in Surrey earlier this week, I was pleased to discover two more old postcards sent during World War 1 from Easton Mansion in Suffolk. Having researched and written about … Continue reading →

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Eggs’ Unexpected Fall – Framlingham May 1916

Posted on April 6, 2016 by charnwoodgenealogy

Following my blog post in February this year about eggs being collected for the WW1 wounded https://charnwoodgenealogy.wordpress.com/2016/02/05/eggs-for-our-wounded several people commented to me about  the logistics that must have been involved to make the sure the eggs arrived in France still … Continue reading →

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The Hospital Band – in need of a kettle drum!

Posted on March 2, 2016 by charnwoodgenealogy

Whilst carrying out further research into the use of Easton Park Mansion as a Red Cross Hospital during WW1, I have found the following article from the Framlingham Weekly News dated 1st April 1916, entitled ‘The Hospital Band’ It makes … Continue reading →

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Easton Suffolk WW1 postcard – translation help needed?

Posted on February 26, 2016 by charnwoodgenealogy

As part of my research into the use of Easton Park Mansion in Suffolk as a Red Cross Hospital during World War 1, I have been researching old newspaper articles to try and find mention of specific wounded soldiers’ who … Continue reading →

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