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« on: Wednesday 19 October 16 07:23 BST (UK) »
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Dating of photos please from my Steains lines, we have no idea who the people ar
« on: Saturday 28 February 15 04:24 GMT (UK) »
Thank you Jim, perfect explanation and not as boring as you thought it would be 
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Dating of photos please from my Steains lines, we have no idea who the people ar
« on: Friday 27 February 15 04:59 GMT (UK) »
Thank you Jim.
This definitely narrows it down to mid to late 1870s for most of the photos which will help decipher which family members it could be. Will still be a guess but now I have reasons to support my theories thanks to the dating.
Your dating for Higginson also throws out the website's statement that he only traded in the 1890s.
Can you tell me what uncoded MIP means, please?
Kind regards
Debra
This definitely narrows it down to mid to late 1870s for most of the photos which will help decipher which family members it could be. Will still be a guess but now I have reasons to support my theories thanks to the dating.
Your dating for Higginson also throws out the website's statement that he only traded in the 1890s.
Can you tell me what uncoded MIP means, please?
Kind regards
Debra
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Dating of photos please from my Steains lines, we have no idea who the people ar
« on: Wednesday 25 February 15 01:53 GMT (UK) »
I have the backs of the photos complete with all their beautiful designs. Thankfully the names of the photographers are also on the reverse side, so easy to cross check to the images on front. The portrait without a name for the studio is the backing marked Liverpool & London Photographic Company.
So far, using newspaper adverts, I've narrowed down some of the studios.
Banks first advertised in 1880 at Rembrandt House, last advert was Jan 1884.
La Fosse advertised from 1871 to Dec 1884.
Mudd is harder as he passed the business over to his son but the studio appears to have run from 1861 to early 1900s.
Reston I only found one advert for Stretford Photo Studio, in Dec 1885 but haven't finished that search yet.
Higginson I've not done yet but the website suggested narrows it to 1892-96.
Liverpool & London studio I've not done yet either but seems to be that most photos were taken in the 1880s.
Any further help from the designs will be most appreciated and if anyone can tell me what ages they think the people might be, that would also be helpful. I'm thinking most are in their 30s but I'm no judge of ages for that era.
Kind regards
Debra
So far, using newspaper adverts, I've narrowed down some of the studios.
Banks first advertised in 1880 at Rembrandt House, last advert was Jan 1884.
La Fosse advertised from 1871 to Dec 1884.
Mudd is harder as he passed the business over to his son but the studio appears to have run from 1861 to early 1900s.
Reston I only found one advert for Stretford Photo Studio, in Dec 1885 but haven't finished that search yet.
Higginson I've not done yet but the website suggested narrows it to 1892-96.
Liverpool & London studio I've not done yet either but seems to be that most photos were taken in the 1880s.
Any further help from the designs will be most appreciated and if anyone can tell me what ages they think the people might be, that would also be helpful. I'm thinking most are in their 30s but I'm no judge of ages for that era.
Kind regards
Debra
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Dating of photos please from my Steains lines, we have no idea who the people ar
« on: Monday 23 February 15 04:51 GMT (UK) »
Thank you Jool for the link to the website, that certainly narrows down the years for those photos by Higginson. It has also given me an idea - check my newspaper sources for possible adverts for the photographers which will also narrow down the years.
Sorry Seoras, I don't have copies of the backs of the photographs but will ask the person from whom I got the images if he can obtain that information and will post that if he is able to obtain it from his source, who I think has the originals.
We have no Doctors on that branch, they were all tea merchants but could well afford an ornate desk, however I'm inclined to think the photographer provided staging to suit the individual, as they were apt to do, so the desk could simply represent a business man. I'm thinking the references to The Dr and Queen Lita were pet names within the family, definitely no royalty on that line !!
Thank you for your help.
Sorry Seoras, I don't have copies of the backs of the photographs but will ask the person from whom I got the images if he can obtain that information and will post that if he is able to obtain it from his source, who I think has the originals.
We have no Doctors on that branch, they were all tea merchants but could well afford an ornate desk, however I'm inclined to think the photographer provided staging to suit the individual, as they were apt to do, so the desk could simply represent a business man. I'm thinking the references to The Dr and Queen Lita were pet names within the family, definitely no royalty on that line !!
Thank you for your help.
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Dating of photos please from my Steains lines, we have no idea who the people ar
« on: Saturday 21 February 15 02:41 GMT (UK) »
These photographs are from my Steains lines but we have no idea who the people are, so if someone could date them for me, then I can try to figure out which ancestors they may be. There is one line who lived in the areas of the photographer/s, so it does narrow down the possibilities for me and whilst I am aware mutton chops became popular during or after the American Civil War, I am not sure when the fad hit England.
Thank You
Debra
Thank You
Debra
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Baptism entry explanation please? COMPLETED Thank You
« on: Thursday 24 January 13 05:31 GMT (UK) »
Thank you, I had the link sent to me by another user and it appears the other day whilst I could get to Holt on the Parish Records data base, it wasn't giving me the individual BDM databases.
So I've bookmarked the page in case that happens again.
kind regards
Debra
So I've bookmarked the page in case that happens again.
kind regards
Debra
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Baptism entry explanation please?
« on: Tuesday 22 January 13 02:46 GMT (UK) »
Thank you everyone for your help. I can't understand why I wasn't getting the results when I searched under Browne & Brown. But they are found now which is great and I also found their eldest child's baptism with the same wrong spelling of Bunnet.
Yes the marriage of Sarah Bunnett to John Gowen is the sister of John and yes the other baptisms belong to him, up to 1812 they all had the entry regarding Mary being a spinster but those who came after didn't have that note, however now I have viewed the baptism entries (thank you for the directions) I can see it was the practice of the Church to privately baptise the children and record the mother's status at time of her marriage. I've not seen that before.
I've had all these names for several years but no way of confirming them as only source was IGI member on the old data base, I've only just found Free Reg in the past few months so great to have confirmation now.
Whilst I found the baptism image after a bit of jumping around, the data base was Archdeacon records (see below) which had nearly 200 images not 67.
These were my steps but maybe I am selecting the wrong database because I can't find one with just 1754-1806 and from what BumbleB is saying, narrows it down even more to just 67 images.
1. Browse by location - selected United Kingdom & Ireland
2. Place - narrowed it down to England and got the following for Norfolk:
Archdeacon's transcripts 1600-1812 (where I found the baptism)
Bishops Transcripts 1685-1941, which gave me Norfolk, when I click on that I get Archdeaconry of Norfolk or Archdeaconry of Norwich. Each is then broken down into years.
Marriage Bonds 1557-1915 (which is alphabetical I think but doesn't start at A)
Parish Records, which is the one you usually search through.
So am I missing a link somewhere. Mind you knowing now that the images are on-line is going to be very distracting from all things "Life"
Thank you again
Regards
Debra
Yes the marriage of Sarah Bunnett to John Gowen is the sister of John and yes the other baptisms belong to him, up to 1812 they all had the entry regarding Mary being a spinster but those who came after didn't have that note, however now I have viewed the baptism entries (thank you for the directions) I can see it was the practice of the Church to privately baptise the children and record the mother's status at time of her marriage. I've not seen that before.
I've had all these names for several years but no way of confirming them as only source was IGI member on the old data base, I've only just found Free Reg in the past few months so great to have confirmation now.
Whilst I found the baptism image after a bit of jumping around, the data base was Archdeacon records (see below) which had nearly 200 images not 67.
These were my steps but maybe I am selecting the wrong database because I can't find one with just 1754-1806 and from what BumbleB is saying, narrows it down even more to just 67 images.
1. Browse by location - selected United Kingdom & Ireland
2. Place - narrowed it down to England and got the following for Norfolk:
Archdeacon's transcripts 1600-1812 (where I found the baptism)
Bishops Transcripts 1685-1941, which gave me Norfolk, when I click on that I get Archdeaconry of Norfolk or Archdeaconry of Norwich. Each is then broken down into years.
Marriage Bonds 1557-1915 (which is alphabetical I think but doesn't start at A)
Parish Records, which is the one you usually search through.
So am I missing a link somewhere. Mind you knowing now that the images are on-line is going to be very distracting from all things "Life"
Thank you again
Regards
Debra
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Family History Beginners Board / Baptism entry explanation please?
« on: Monday 21 January 13 05:18 GMT (UK) »
I have a baptism for October 11, 1810, the child was only 5 days old and it reads in the notes "Privately baptized, received into the Church February 24, 1811. Mother late Spinster."
The child died in December 1811 and his burial reads "Mother late Mary Browne spinster"
So I checked for the younger siblings and found the 2nd child was christened in 1801 with the same note for the mother. All are christened with their father's name included and with his surname.
According to an IGI member submission (and yes I know they are not always accurate
) the parents were married in 1798. I have checked 3 data bases for Holt, Norfolk but cannot find a marriage but I don't think I am wrong to say the mother and father of this baby were never married but lived a defacto relationship. I am sure if I ordered the films for the parish I'd not find a marriage in 1798.
Can someone please confirm if I am thinking along the right lines?
Regards
Debra
The child died in December 1811 and his burial reads "Mother late Mary Browne spinster"
So I checked for the younger siblings and found the 2nd child was christened in 1801 with the same note for the mother. All are christened with their father's name included and with his surname.
According to an IGI member submission (and yes I know they are not always accurate
) the parents were married in 1798. I have checked 3 data bases for Holt, Norfolk but cannot find a marriage but I don't think I am wrong to say the mother and father of this baby were never married but lived a defacto relationship. I am sure if I ordered the films for the parish I'd not find a marriage in 1798.Can someone please confirm if I am thinking along the right lines?
Regards
Debra