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Ask the photo expert – intriguing pen-nib badge
Our photo dating expert, Jayne Shrimpton, analyses your family photos. Nigel Evans of the Pen Museum, Birmingham sent us this photo and asked: ‘We have recently received an enquiry from a Heritage...
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Ask the photo expert – traditional Welsh costumes
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Ask the photo expert – hop-picking in Kent
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Scott’s journey through genealogy: document right from the start!
In this blog series, genealogical historian Scott Phillips invites us along on his journey through genealogy and shares some of the lessons he’s learnt along the way. Welcome and thanks for joining me...
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Ask the photo expert – governess ancestor?
Our photo dating expert, Jayne Shrimpton, analyses your family photos. Elizabeth Cargill sent us her photo and asked: ‘I am hoping that you will be able to date this photo for me. My cousin was born in...
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Ask the photo expert – mining gathering
Our photo dating expert, Jayne Shrimpton, analyses your family photos. Ray Woodward-Clarke sent us his photo and asked: ‘This family group photograph was taken in Brownhills, Staffordshire – a mining...
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Ask the photo expert – Somerset village
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Ask the photo expert – ancestor’s engagement?
Our photo dating expert, Jayne Shrimpton, analyses your family photos. Janice Horne sent us her photo and asked: ‘I would be very grateful if you could identify the era that this photo was taken. I...
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Ask the photo expert – brother and sister?
Our photo dating expert, Jayne Shrimpton, analyses your family photos. Gary Shaw sent us his photo and asked: ‘My late grandmother was given this photograph in January 1945. A note written on the back...
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Ask the photo expert – postcard photograph
Our photo dating expert, Jayne Shrimpton, analyses your family photos. Paul Bridges sent us his photo and asked: ‘I would love to have help in identifying the attached photograph. I think it may...
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Ask the photo expert – Toronto studio portrait
Our photo dating expert, Jayne Shrimpton, analyses your family photos. Tim Ryeland sent us his photo and asked: ‘I was wondering if you could advise the timeframe within which this photograph was...
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Ask the photo expert – mystery occasion
Our photo dating expert, Jayne Shrimpton, analyses your family photos. Helen Persighetti sent us her photo and asked: ‘The attached photograph is one of several unidentified family photos. The man...
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Ask the photo expert – old family portraits
Our photo dating expert, Jayne Shrimpton, analyses your family photos. Clayton Veale sent us his family portraits and asked: ‘I don’t know if you can date portraits? I was wondering if you could please...
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Ask the photo expert – small wedding party
Our photo dating expert, Jayne Shrimpton, analyses your family photos. Ian Johnstone sent us his photo and asked: ‘This wedding photo was sent to me by one of my cousins, asking if I could identify the...
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Ask the photo expert – portrait of grandparents?
Our photo dating expert, Jayne Shrimpton, analyses your family photos. Edwin Reffell sent us his photo and asked: ‘This is a photograph that my grandparents kept. I do not know who the people are, or...
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Ask the photo expert – Portsmouth ancestor
Our photo dating expert, Jayne Shrimpton, analyses your family photos. Sheila White sent us her photo and asked: ‘Can you help in my request? This is a photo of my great-grandmother Mary Jane Lee (née...
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Ask the photo expert – Canadian portrait
Our photo dating expert, Jayne Shrimpton, analyses your family photos. Laurel Fitzsimonds sent us a photo and asked: ‘Please could you help me determine the date around which this photograph may have...
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Ask the photo expert – team of builders
Our photo dating expert, Jayne Shrimpton, analyses your family photos. Angela Bolton sent us a photo and asked: ‘I would like you to date this photo please. My great-great-grandfather Matthew Irving...
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Ask the photo expert – First World War ancestors
Our photo dating expert, Jayne Shrimpton, analyses your family photos. Martin Roberts sent us his photo and asked: ‘Please could you date this photograph? It may possibly represent Bessie and Henry at...
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Ask the photo expert – cricketing ancestor
Our photo dating expert, Jayne Shrimpton, analyses your family photos. Dorothy Dowgray sent us her photo and asked: ‘I am attaching a large photo that has no photographer’s details but I wondered...
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