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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Please can someone help to restore this photo (Duffy family, Donegal Ireland)
« on: Saturday 13 January 24 04:46 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,thedesman1. In giving Sophie a face I've mostly adapted Cecilia's features. If you have Sophie in any other picture I could use that to make her look more like herself.
Anyway here's a couple of versions from me. :)
Peter

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Restoration needed for Bessie & Will's Wedding Day 1922 Wales
« on: Friday 12 January 24 04:08 GMT (UK)  »
My try. :)
Peter

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help deciphering convict record
« on: Thursday 11 January 24 03:50 GMT (UK)  »
Re the person's build description, I agree with Sparrett and maddys52. A good example is given on the following link where Stout and Slight are by far the commonest descriptions. I think they would have been abbreviated (to save writing) because they were so common, whereas less common ones would have been set out in full (e.g. Slender) to distinguish them from the commoner ones. I think the description for Susan Doherty's build is an abbreviated Stout. Note also that back in those days stout was more the description of a strong body rather than a fat body. https://www.perthdps.com/convicts/conwad06.htm
Peter

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Perthshire / Re: My Drummond McGregor Connection
« on: Tuesday 09 January 24 07:38 GMT (UK)  »
Agree with Forfarian. It’s unlikely to be Tombea. In the second snip the word continues on the next line, forming a word similar to the first and third snips.

I have a transcription by the Clangregor Society of a list of McGregor baptisms for Callander; a small farm in the parish is variously spelt Tombuscrian, Tomskrin, Tomnaskrin, Tomnaskrian, Tombnascrine, Tomnascrin and Tomnaserun.

I haven’t been able to locate it on a map, but according to page 11 of “The Gaelic Place-Names of Callander's Landscape” (https://docslib.org/doc/8336754/the-gaelic-place-names-of-callanders-landscape) there apparently is a “Thomasgreene, on the hills near Braeleny, probably for Tom an Sgriodain (hillock of the scree or stony ravine).” Braeleny is north of Callander, just east of Drummardoch.

Peter

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Restoration please
« on: Friday 05 January 24 20:19 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks, Carol. :) Happy New Year to you and yours!
Peter

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Restoration please
« on: Friday 05 January 24 04:43 GMT (UK)  »
My try. :)
Peter

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Australia / Re: Info in convict records
« on: Monday 01 January 24 22:08 GMT (UK)  »
Agree with Rosie. I have a number of convicts with tattoos. The letters and numbers usually refer to important people and dates in their lives (family members, sweethearts/spouses, births, deaths, anniversaries--whatever may have seemed important to them at the time).
Peter

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Family Group Scotland 1917
« on: Sunday 31 December 23 10:04 GMT (UK)  »
Nice work, Rami :)
My try.
Peter

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Joseph Stockdale 1798-1874 Whitehaven - can this photo be improved?
« on: Tuesday 26 December 23 10:29 GMT (UK)  »
G'day , Rami. Happy Christmas, mate!
Peter

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