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Armed Forces / Re: Mystery Photo
« on: Thursday 16 February 12 05:06 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Prue,

I have been  trying for ages to get a better scan of  the  parts as you suggested. The  Small size of the photo plus  large grain size is proving difficult. The original posted  is at 600dpi. Even at 1200dpi and .bmp there is no improvement. I think any scan would need grain and noise reduction software which I do not have.  :-X

GorMau


Quote from: PrueM on Thursday 16 February 12 03:21 GMT (UK)
Hi GorMau :)

I also thought it might be a propeller.

The name might be "Werner Dormer" or "Darmer" and his birth year looks to be 22.4.1921, and death 22.10.1942?

Is it possible to scan the writing (on both the upright marker and the "propeller") again, at 600dpi, and post here with no compression?  That should give us a larger image to view.  I've tried zooming in to this one but it just pixellates.

Cheers
Prue

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: This one needs a miracle and maybe a touch of colour
« on: Thursday 16 February 12 03:33 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you Irene,

I must take some time out and look at quicker ways. Hopefully with a fair amount of automation and/or intelligent editing.

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Armed Forces / Re: Mystery Photo
« on: Thursday 16 February 12 02:56 GMT (UK)  »
hi barryd,

I have no idea. Thought it was some form of wreckage. But someone has gone to great lengths  in the heat of war to creare what seems a grave decoraction and marker.

Quote from: barryd on Thursday 16 February 12 02:39 GMT (UK)
Is that part of a propeller? If so he was a pilot or one of the crew of an aircraft.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: This one needs a miracle and maybe a touch of colour
« on: Thursday 16 February 12 02:52 GMT (UK)  »
Gosh Irene,

That  is fantastic. We are very very slowly restoring  a  lot of photographs. Each one  takes us hours, sometimes days. What do you use to get such quick results?


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The Common Room / Re: Phantom Ancestry invitations?
« on: Thursday 16 February 12 01:15 GMT (UK)  »
I had the same problem and even more terse response a couple of years ago so I voted with my wallet and cancelled my subscription and went elsewhere.

However every few months I get about a week spam from them. Several a day when this occurs. So I now get my server to automatically bounce everything back at them.

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Armed Forces / Mystery Photo
« on: Thursday 16 February 12 01:07 GMT (UK)  »
I came across this photograph when clearing my Mother's house three years ago. My Father served with the 8th Army in North Africa in WWII. In his lifetime he showed us photographs taken there. However he never showed us this one or anything like it. My mother must have found it just before her death as it was placed near the armchair my Father died in in 1998 and I know it was not there less than two before my Mother died. The original like most of his war photographs is only 33.5 by 2.25 inches. I have scanned it at 600dpi and it would appear to be a German grave.  can someone decipher what is written on the cross and also on an object on the  ground in front of it. I have never seen anything like this and considering it was in the war zone while the fighting was still fierce it seems quite an ornate object and perhaps important.

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Gloucestershire / Albert H Kirk
« on: Thursday 16 February 12 00:15 GMT (UK)  »
Looking for death  of an Albert H Kirk in  Cheltenham after 1974.  Thought to be before 1980  but might  be in the 1980s. Need his age and also looking for his Widow [also now long deceased]. If anyone can find him on any census  or his marriage that would be a bonus. He had a daughter Madeline who is also deceased but  her birth details might help. We have also  not managed to find Albert's marriage or birth.

Births   Sep   qtr 1921   Kirk   Madeline   mothers maiden name Edwardes   Evesham   Volume 6c Page 333.

Thank you in advance.

GorMau

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: Lancashire marriage lookup - Warrington
« on: Wednesday 15 February 12 14:12 GMT (UK)  »
Parents not given you would need to get the marriage certificate.

Quote from: GorMau on Wednesday 15 February 12 14:11 GMT (UK)
Page 266 Entry 796

Quote from: GorMau on Wednesday 15 February 12 14:10 GMT (UK)
6 December 1817



Quote from: Aussiekev on Wednesday 15 February 12 14:02 GMT (UK)
Hi,

I'm trying to trace the church record for the marriage of ISAAC BURGESS and SOPHIA POLLARD at ST ELPHINS, WARRINGTON in 1817.

I'm trying to trace the names of the respective fathers...would these be given?

Kev 



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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: Lancashire marriage lookup - Warrington
« on: Wednesday 15 February 12 14:11 GMT (UK)  »
Page 266 Entry 796

Quote from: GorMau on Wednesday 15 February 12 14:10 GMT (UK)
6 December 1817



Quote from: Aussiekev on Wednesday 15 February 12 14:02 GMT (UK)
Hi,

I'm trying to trace the church record for the marriage of ISAAC BURGESS and SOPHIA POLLARD at ST ELPHINS, WARRINGTON in 1817.

I'm trying to trace the names of the respective fathers...would these be given?

Kev 



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