Thomas Houghton caballero

[Gibel]

Thomas of the photo, his siblings Cedric and Margaret where the children of George born about 1810 in Preston. Was your Thomas born about 1816 George’s brother?

[JuliaVernon]

Fabulous information, thank you.
Certainly not my ancestor then - or at least being unmarried adds to the other weight of evidence. But perhaps a cousin to Agnes Houghton, my 2xgreat-grandmother. And perhaps the daftness of the pose - after Velasquez - and the early death - led to the photo being preserved.
Agnes also died young, 1863, leaving my great-grandmother and her baby sister orphaned.

[Treetotal]

Did you miss my restores then Julia 
Carol

[JuliaVernon]

So sorry Carol! They are great, thank you. A lot of posts came through at once, I had difficulty processing it all!
I've also been exploring other aspects of RootsChat, I may spend the whole of lockdown here 

[josey]

Not just lockdown - it's easy to spend a lot of one's life here!! Helpful friends galore  and occasionally friends to help.

[Treetotal]

Absolutely...it's very addictive. Especially seeing your damaged photos brought back to life 
That's what brought me here in the first place, then I bought the software and started doing other peoples' photos...that was 14 years ago this month 
Carol

[JuliaVernon]

I've wanted to ask - what software do you use?

[Treetotal]

I used Adobe Photoshop Elements 14 but you can get "Gimp" photo editing programme free to start you off before you buy a more advanced programme. I haven't used it but I have seen good results from some who have:

www.gimp.org

Carol

[JuliaVernon]

I have played with gimp before, but not got to grips with it. Could be the moment... Or perhaps leave it in the hands of experts