Detectives required for lost soul and a photo date ...

[davidrigg3]

Well I just have to see how this one turns out, my family name is Young but sadly no relation 

Good luck on the search, and get well soon Karen.

Regards B (Young)

[jim1]

There seems to be a lot of silvering out on this which makes her eyes stand out so I've just made her look a bit more normal should you find an owner.
jim

[Deb D]

Okay, haven't tried a restore & colour for a while, AND using new software, so let's see whether this comes out okay ... fingers crossed, because it wouldn't export to one of my other online forums  

[Iria]

Hi

Sorry I cannot help with the Dates Of this Beautiful Lady

But i have done a Restore of Her

Regards

Iria

[LizzieW]

Karen - That's awful, hope you are not in too much pain. 

I'd keep the laundry basket downstairs if I were you and get your family to bring down their own washing and put it in the basket.  That's what I always did and it worked.  If it wasn't in the basket it didn't get washed and if it was something they wanted to wear to go out, tough   They soon learned.

Lizzie

[karenlee]

Thanks for all the kind messages about my legs... I am not in that much pain, although there have been times when I have had to resort to pain killers.  I am on a strict 2 hours down and 2 hours up routine for leg positions..... but I must admit that I got so caught up in this chase yesterday that I did exceed the legs down time limit by a tiny wee bit ( about 2 hours worth of tiny bit  ).

I am very lucky to have my eldest home as her school year has finished.  So she has been doing washing, ironing and cleaning for me.  Mr Karenlee is a gem without equal ( sometimes  ) and is doing so many extra things over and above his own huge workload.  The youngest one and the 2 dogs... well, lets just say that they are here too....

Now back to the chase.....

Karenlee

[Polldoll]

Sorry ... so late in replying folks  but still have my visitors here till Sunday and it's manic here at the  moment ! .....Where to start .. 1st   Karen .. you POOR thing !! Both legs compromised !! Naughty you  staying longer in the down position Please don't overdo things ... ... there is no rush ...after  all the years it has seen pass .....(about 100!)  the photo can wait a bit longer to know it's fate .

Iria ... Lovely work.. thank  you so much ...  How that  pink suits her and the oval mount works well .. kind of you to take time on my behalf and it is appreciated . 
Wouldnt it be great to find someone related? ... Obviously we cannot name any living rellies on here if we do find any descendants  SO please  folks, use the PM  system  if information found relates to any living persons just to be safe 

Sound advice to Karen Lizzie...  I expect she's not likely to try that again  mind you .....

 Debs .. hi  .. nice to see you on here again .. that is terrific,Thank you .. absence hasn't dulled your skills for sure ... and the colour combinations work really well . What is the new software then ?... I appreciate you trying it out on this photo ... I hope you visit us more often with work like that ...

 Thanks to you too Jim and for giving me a restore that has retrieved the original eyes  before they had been manually enhanced ... As China said it was usually done to sharpen up enlargements and this is a large picture.  Thanks again for spending time on a pic for me .. it looks really authentic...I  do hope we find someone to give the original to as well as all the restores and coloured versions.

Aw David ... Sorry that you dont fit on the same tree .. That would have been a real result eh ? 

Carol... we know how to rummage dont we ?   Ive got the same as Karen for Louisa's birth.... 1876 in Bradford Yorks so your input has set me off looking again ...
 Wendy ... thanks .. I   wonder if he had a studio on Boar Lane ..I'll maybe try Kelly's directories ..

China ...Overpainting seems to have been common as you say  but I didn't know it was particularly prevalent for those dates but it makes sense when relating to enlargements in the early days of photography.. That's interesting that you think it could be a wedding pic ...  ie 1911.

Xinia ...  It's a bit compelling  ..the thought that I may found someone to return the photo to ...stay tuned ...
 Right...phew

 Lastly Karen .. So much info from you I'm now going to try and get it in order and get the details down in order to see the bigger picture ...  thankyou so much for foraging for these  details ...  especially what may be vital in this chase ... the siblings of Louisa   if it proves to be the case that there were no grandchildren of her own .

Meanwhile here,the rest of the household has gone to bed now exhausted after 4 hours at the  Victorian Street market in Worcester tonight ... so I'm now off to look up some records .. shhhh
 A very grateful Polly  .
 ps I do hope I haven't missed anyone out in my thankyou list .....

[Deb D]

Hi Polly, I'm blushing now LOL

Have had to bite the bullet and use Gimp, as I can't afford the new Photoshop programs    ... 'tis a rather steep learning curve!

Cheers
Deb

[Polldoll]

Well I'm glad to see so many people having a go at restoring photos .. It is a forum where so many levels of skills exist and for the most part people love to share the knowledge with each other ...
The exciting thing is that even after many years of using  a programme,( say  Photoshop)for a particular process, there is nearly always an alternative route available to get to the same destination ...  and sometimes the scenic route is  not the obvious one  but sometimes more rewarding ... Hope  you finding the online  tutorials for GIMP helpful  ...
 Meanwhile ... I'm off on the trail again ....