Photos , Photos , Photos

[thommoje]

  Hello RootsChatters,
                                  I live in Australia and am probably not going to have the  chance to go and see Argyllshire for myself.
                                  There is , however , a wonderful site called GEOGRAPH BRITISH ISLES where the aim is to photograph almost anything within each square kilometre of Britain. It is so easy to use - just type in the search box - anywhere near -------- ( your little village , town , bay , hill  or whatever )  and it is amazing how much comes up. I have been able to see views of places in Argyllshire and all over which give me a wonderful sense of where my folk are from.
                                   Give it a try and enjoy. It is a wonderful project and provided it is for personal use , you can copy photos. I have even contacted photographers who have sent me extra shots.
                                                                             Thommoje

[lancs-lassie]

Thank you for sharing that with us thommoje, what a brilliant site!
I am sure many of us will enjoy having a peek at places of interest.
Regards
Lancs-lassie

[Iain...]

I didn't see any URL Thommoje…, I suppose you mean this ?  http://www.geograph.org.uk/  I'll take pleasure in surfing that !


PS  If you want photos from further North, (especially those of us who speak the Gaelic) …, Donnie sent me this URL recently.     http://hebphoto.blogspot.com/ (notice the absence of trees !!    I lived there for about 5 years... South Uist, Lochboisdale)

[aghadowey]

Not sure about coverage in Argyllshire but Google Streetview has just expanded their U.K. coverage and would be worth checking the area you are interested it there.
Go to Google Maps, type in address, then drag little yellow person on left side of map to a street and see if Streetview for that place comes up!

[Iain...]

There are no "smilies" available on this site able to express my astonishment concerning the number of postings you have all made.    Fifteen thousand !!!!     A genealogy question…, how old are you all on this site ?   …, he says, as he sweeps feathered hat from head and bows low !

Fuzzy images of cyber extraterrestrial-beings taking an interest in our past are wafting too and fro ! 

But I suppose I'm slowly beginning to understand…, never before did I ever think I'd be interested in someone else's family history.