Thread: Identifying photographs

petal · 13-06-2007, 04:48 PM

Does anyone know how I could do this ? I've got a couple a photographs that were among Dads things, both females. One is postcard size the other is a bit larger and does have a resemblance to my gran. They must have been someone in the family as they seem to have been taken care of so well. One has the photographers name on it but they have long since disappeared and I would love to know if its my gt.gran. The clothing fits the age. The postcard one is a bit different in clothing and I doubt they're the same people.
I would love to be able to give these ladies a name. Mums had a look and she hasn't a clue.

Waks · 13-06-2007, 06:37 PM

Mary I posted some sites today in 'links & tips', which give advice on dating & identifying photo's & postcards...they might help?? I'm not sure exactly how you would go about getting an actual name for the person on the pic...unless you post on a local website & hope that someone comes forward who recognises the person on the photo??

petal · 13-06-2007, 07:33 PM

I looked at the links and tips Helen..........very interesting and a great help. Thats what started me off again on these photos. I can date them ok but who the dickens are they ?
I'd like to think one of them is Great Grandma but can't name it just in case.

nixtee · 14-06-2007, 09:08 AM

Any aunts, uncles, cousins etc you could ask?

We have a big box of photos. Dad knows who some of the people are, but not all. Towards the end of last year I got in touch with somebody on Genes Reunited who turned out to be the wife of a 2nd cousin I didn't know. So we got to emailing each other and scanning & sending pictures. I helped her name a few people (including my Great Grandfather) in her pictures and she helped me with a few. You just never know where help could turn up!

Good luck

If only our ancestors had written on the back of photos... Saying that, I haven't written on the back of any photos I've take either, so I'm just as bad.

petal · 14-06-2007, 12:07 PM

Any of the other relatives who might have known these ladies aren't around anymore but I've just thought..............rellie I just located from the same area has parents still living.Not sure they would know though as the photographs are much older than they are.
I always write on the back of mine..........always have done with dates as well. Oh why didn't our rellies do that

mollie · 25-06-2007, 03:06 PM

Hi Mary................I think I know why they didn't write on the backs of their photos like we do...................maybe they couldn't.........sorry mate............lol

13-06-2007, 04:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
petal Super Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Horncastle, Lincolnshire Posts: 8,553 Total Awards: 5	Identifying photographs Does anyone know how I could do this ? I've got a couple a photographs that were among Dads things, both females. One is postcard size the other is a bit larger and does have a resemblance to my gran. They must have been someone in the family as they seem to have been taken care of so well. One has the photographers name on it but they have long since disappeared and I would love to know if its my gt.gran. The clothing fits the age. The postcard one is a bit different in clothing and I doubt they're the same people. I would love to be able to give these ladies a name. Mums had a look and she hasn't a clue.
	(AKA Mary) How beautiful it is to do nothing and rest afterwards...

13-06-2007, 06:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
Waks Ancestry Aid Staff Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 7,124 Total Awards: 2	Re: Identifying photographs Mary I posted some sites today in 'links & tips', which give advice on dating & identifying photo's & postcards...they might help?? I'm not sure exactly how you would go about getting an actual name for the person on the pic...unless you post on a local website & hope that someone comes forward who recognises the person on the photo??
	*Helen.....* Searching: Horstead, Richardson, Stemmerman, Culloden, Walker, Elford, Broadhead, Lightowler.

13-06-2007, 07:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
petal Super Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Horncastle, Lincolnshire Posts: 8,553 Total Awards: 5	Re: Identifying photographs I looked at the links and tips Helen..........very interesting and a great help. Thats what started me off again on these photos. I can date them ok but who the dickens are they ? I'd like to think one of them is Great Grandma but can't name it just in case.
	(AKA Mary) How beautiful it is to do nothing and rest afterwards...

14-06-2007, 09:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
nixtee Committed Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Mid Wales Posts: 52	Re: Identifying photographs Any aunts, uncles, cousins etc you could ask? We have a big box of photos. Dad knows who some of the people are, but not all. Towards the end of last year I got in touch with somebody on Genes Reunited who turned out to be the wife of a 2nd cousin I didn't know. So we got to emailing each other and scanning & sending pictures. I helped her name a few people (including my Great Grandfather) in her pictures and she helped me with a few. You just never know where help could turn up! Good luck If only our ancestors had written on the back of photos... Saying that, I haven't written on the back of any photos I've take either, so I'm just as bad.
	Nixtee ------ Names of interest - Bowers, Clarke, Derricutt (Derricott and other variations), Edwards, Purslow, Trow, Tye, Wilding, Williams. Areas - Montgomeryshire/Radnorshire (Powys), Shropshire, Cheshire, Worcestershire.

14-06-2007, 12:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
petal Super Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Horncastle, Lincolnshire Posts: 8,553 Total Awards: 5	Re: Identifying photographs Any of the other relatives who might have known these ladies aren't around anymore but I've just thought..............rellie I just located from the same area has parents still living.Not sure they would know though as the photographs are much older than they are. I always write on the back of mine..........always have done with dates as well. Oh why didn't our rellies do that
	(AKA Mary) How beautiful it is to do nothing and rest afterwards...

25-06-2007, 03:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
mollie Ancestry Aid Staff Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Isle of Man Posts: 1,683 Total Awards: 2	Re: Identifying photographs *Hi Mary................I think I know why they didn't write on the backs of their photos like we do...................maybe they couldn't.........sorry mate............lol*
	Mollie Ancestry Aid Moderator The UK's No 1 For Genealogy & Family History. Top Tip: Use the forum search page to find surnames!!. Dunne,McManus, McCann,O'Dowd, Higgins, Smith, Traynor, O'Byrne, Lamond/t Henry/Nicolson/Bowman/McCafferty/Keelan and more....did I say Smith...oh yes I did...we all have one.........lol