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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: An old one to play with
« on: Tuesday 19 August 08 21:30 BST (UK)  »
Dave, David & ptdrifter,

Thanks very much for putting so much effort into these for me. They are all such a vast improvement on the original. In fact, you've all inspired me so much, I'm going to dust off the photo editing software and have a tamper myself. It might take me a few days though.

Thanks again,
Adam

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: An old one to play with
« on: Monday 18 August 08 21:15 BST (UK)  »
Karen, this is the first chance I have had to reply to your posts. Both of your pictures are brilliant.

Thank you,
Adam.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: An old one to play with
« on: Sunday 17 August 08 21:28 BST (UK)  »
Jim, thanks very much - it looks great.

Adam

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: An old one to play with
« on: Sunday 17 August 08 09:33 BST (UK)  »
Wow, these are all superb.

Jim, Pete, Irene, Margaret, Carolyn, A huge thank you to you all for the time that you've spent on this. You've made them seem more alive. Interesting to see the range of colour choices for the girls' dresses.

Thanks again,
Adam

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / An old one to play with
« on: Saturday 16 August 08 20:32 BST (UK)  »
I've been sent here from another thread, to see what anyone can do with this photo. Unfortunately my grandmother did some photo restoration of her own when she was a little girl, and tried to colour it in! I'd love to see what can be done with it, perhaps some more colour added.

The lady in the centre is my 3x great grand aunt, Jane Ogilvie (b.1808). Sitting on the carpet in a red dress is my GG grandmother Kitty (b.1857) and her sister Allie is on her right (b.1853). Jane ran a girls' school and the photo is of her with her boarders.

On the back someone has written that Jane's face is turned away from the camera to hide the fact that she had to have half her jaw bone removed, before the days of anaesthetics!

Adam

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The Common Room / Re: You show me yours ......
« on: Saturday 16 August 08 20:26 BST (UK)  »
Great photos, Jennifer. I really like the elderly couple.

Oldtimer & Dave,
Yes, I think I will post it on the restorations board and see what anyone can do with it.

In the meantime, here's another - this time my Robinson relations from North Shields. A little later than my last one (1884 I think).

Adam

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The Common Room / Re: You show me yours ......
« on: Saturday 16 August 08 09:42 BST (UK)  »
Loving all these pictures. I thought I'd add to them. Unfortunately my grandmother had a go at colouring this one in when she was little.

The lady in the centre is my 3x great grand aunt, Jane Ogilvie (b.1808). Sitting on the carpet in a red dress is my GG grandmother Kitty (b.1857) and her sister Allie is on her right (b.1853). Jane ran a girls' school and the photo is of her with her boarders.

On the back someone has written that Jane's face is turned away from the camera to hide the fact that she had to have half her jaw bone removed, before the days of anaesthetics!

Adam

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Europe / Re: German ancestor - when did he arrive?
« on: Friday 01 August 08 20:04 BST (UK)  »
Bob,

I'm fairly certain that he can't have been naturalised, as his English wife was naturalised long after his death (1886) in 1919 (I have copies of the application and the London Gazette citation).

The only record of him I can find pre-1871 is an IGI baptism entry for an Adam Hanisch in 1853 in Koblenz. The name, date and place fit but I can't be 100% sure that it's him. I would really like to know if he came to England on his own, or if he came with his parents, and whether they match up with the IGI entry.

Regards,
Adam

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Europe / German ancestor - when did he arrive?
« on: Friday 01 August 08 19:43 BST (UK)  »
Hi everyone,

This may be a bit of a long shot, but I'm trying to find out when and with whom my ancestor Adam Hanisch came to England.

He was born in Koblenz, Germany in 1853 and was definately in England by 1871.

I know some ancestry subscriptions include access to some indexed passenger lists, but my UK subscription doesn't let me view them.

I have seen him indexed variously as: Adam Hanisch; Adam Heinisch; Adam Heinish; Ackani Hanisch; Adam Harrisch. (And there are probably more variations on this).

Regards,
Adam

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