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looking at old photos

pmsl

As long as they're not of me in the '80's' lol

just been looking at one of me and my daddy, when i was a toddler, i only have 3 pics of him with me as i grew up, they are priceless to me, and could spend all night looking at them and smiling xxLynnxx

Very much, make me wonder what the people were like and what sort of life they had. Did they love their husband or wife, or did they just willingly accept their lot.

Keith, have a photo of my nan and her family in 1896. She was 5 ... Also have a photo of my G. Aunt 1916 on the day she put her 3 year old into a childrens home . Can,t get better than old photo, s when you have the background ... Kim xx

oh yes specially of u hoff baby lol

Love it, have been doing just that this week. Found a selection at dads that I hadn't seen before included a piccie of my mum she must of sent to dad when they were 'courting' she had written a little message on bottom along the lines of All my Love blah blah Ann x

Hi yes I love old photos,been looking at the workhouse site,really interesting photos on there.

Hi ya Little... I think the best bit is when you have spent ages researching someone in your family tree , you think you know them inside n out , an you find a photo.Makes them real to me .. Kim xxx

Hiya Kim,Totally agree its great putting faces to names

i always enjoy looking at old photos and photo cuttings from the old newspapers to

Hello stranger :0))))) Only if I'm in them!!!! Really though...I love looking at old photos of all my olds.Wish I'd been around when they were alive...they look a lot happier!! I am happy by the way...just that they look less stressed than I tend to...lol!!

Was it the Victorians who used to photograph their dead relatives as a keep sake?

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I certainly treasure the old photos that have finished up in my care. Came mostly from my mothers mother, possible started off with her mother. English relatives would send photos in the Victorian times to their Kiwi relatives, presumably the Kiwi rellies sent some of their own back. This is how I got into genealogy, when my son asked if I had any photos of my parents and grandparents that he could have and I dragged out all the photos and he asked 'who, what, where, why, when.'

I got sent an old photo the other day but didnt recognise the person in it lol

Yes, a member on here, who is related to hubby sent some photos of his grandmothers family...... fascinating to see the likenesses.

I have a photo of my gt gt grandfather with 3 of his sons and their wives, plus a daughter, plus the infant son of one son and his wife (my gt grandparents), plus 3 other people. Taken the day before my gt grandparents sailed for New Zealand. Another photo I call 'The Wedding Breakfast'. I came to the conclusion from the assessed ages of the people in it that it was taken the day my grandparents married, and as I have a newspaper cutting about the wedding, which says that the reception was held at the home of the brides parents I have put 2 and 2 together. Hope 4 is the correct answer. I have one carte de visite which intrigues me, a woman in a crinoline dress, she is holding a fan. I dont know who she is. The photo was taken in Poona, in India. A mystery waiting to be solved.

If only we could go back in time Huia and ask them the questions we want answers to ;)