Genealogy Chat

Thanks everyone, it's nice to know it's not just me!!

I have a lovely photo of an Uncle in Naval Uniform and written on the back is his name and missing presumed dead during 1939, well I sent a copy to his one surviving sister and she said whos that?? never seen him before but the funny thing is another rellie remembers him coming back after the war he had run off to Scotland and got married so who is he????????

Trudy Bear in mind that some of the people in the photos are likely to be friends and therefore not related at all. I do sympathise, my husband and I have spend ages looking at old photos of siblings trying to decide whether the one at the back is older (and therefore Fred) or younger and therefore Harry etc. It doesn't help that the men all had moustaches which help make them all look older! nell

Unfortunately, as she got older she got a bit 'odd' is the only word I can use, so in order for them to fit in a 'new' album, she has cropped the tops, sides, bottoms - you name it!! On one of them I have an infuriating message that says '10 months old' - but she's cut off the name above it!!!!!! Others have been stuck in with 'superglue' I think, trying to get them out will just rip them to shreds. It's just going to drive me round the twist, but never mind, I'll get there in the end - my partners already tired or me saying, 'does the guy in that photo there look like he could be related to that one there?' I think he's leaving home this evening whilst I get the magnifier out?!

There should be a law that you have to write names on back of photo's!!! My cousin had a whole suitcase full of her mother's, but we are only able to name a few. I am going to go through all our photos, and write as much info as possible in pencil on the back for future generations. It's good that you can name some of them, and I hope you identify a few more - good luck. Jackie

That is exciting though isn't it? Don't you just love a mystery? Have none of them any clues on the back (locations, dates, photographer's name etc? Ann Glos

Trying to trace my fathers side of the family, I am the oldest living rellie that I know of - there are some more (2nd cousins etc) but don't know where they are and hitting more brick walls than I care to think about. Have very slowly managed to piece things together, I am now certain of grandparents, and all four great grandparents, and all but one gggrandparent - so thought I was doing quite well considering I started from nothing. However, last night was looking in an old cupboard for something I had lost and found something I didn't even know I had - a photo album belonging to my grandmother - I now have about three dozen sepia prints, of which I can identify about half a dozen!! So back to the drawing board for me. Sorry just had to vent my feelings a bit to someone who would know how I feel!!!!