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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Two more difficult Kerr-Wilson photos
« on: Friday 20 October 17 10:53 BST (UK)  »
A big Thank You to all who responded to my last query about the three male Kerr photos from Abernathy's Studio. 

These two are of John Kerr's wife, Margaret Wilson and their children.  Not taken at Abernathy's they are mounted on a very thin, almost paper-like backing, as are the photo themselves. 

The little girl standing on the chair is my great-grandmother, Sarah Jane Kerr, who was born in 1868 and the child standing on the floor is her elder sister Mary, born in 1866. Between 1862 and 1875 the Kerrs had seven children, with only three surviving infancy so it's difficult to put names to the two pictured with their mother.

Any idea of dates?  Other eyes might fare better than mine. 

Thanks very much, Ann

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Dating Photographs from Abernathy's Studio, Belfast
« on: Thursday 19 October 17 09:33 BST (UK)  »
Thank you, Wiggy and Jennifer, for responding. 

Sorry, I should have said.  Apart from my pencilled scrawl of their names, the backs are completely blank.  It's interesting you mention the 1860s, Wiggy, are you going by the fashion or the studio setting?

I've got two more of John Kerr's wife and children in worse condition and not Abernathy's.  I'll post them for comment later if that's OK.  Didn't want to overload anyone. 

Thanks, Ann

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Dating Photographs from Abernathy's Studio, Belfast
« on: Wednesday 18 October 17 17:36 BST (UK)  »
Dear Members, The well-dressed gent in the full-length portrait is my great-great grandfather, John Kerr, Mariner of Carrickfergus; his birth date has not been found. He married Margaret Wilson in 1860 when he was reputedly twenty years older than his bride whose birth date is also not found (blame the very common names). Miraculously the family has a copy of their marriage entry - both are "Of Full Age". The last child found was born in 1875.
 
The head and shoulders photograph is of their son, David Kerr, as a midshipman, born 1870.

The down-to-the-knees photo is an unknown but owing to similarities of photograph and eyes could he be John Kerr's brother?

Can anyone help with dates on these please?

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Wording on a WW1 Army Form
« on: Friday 21 November 14 16:04 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Forum,

Can anyone decipher the first line of these two remarks on my grandfather's Army Form Z.18 Certificate of Employment During the War?

I think the second line is "Well Considered - or Conducted - Soldier"

But the first line is illegible to me. Does it say 15 Pair?  Pair of what?  And 15 doesn't make a pair of anything...Help...

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / How can I clean up old documents and censuses?
« on: Sunday 07 April 13 11:19 BST (UK)  »
Good morning,

I've got Photoshop Elements 8 and can manage to do a simple clean and retouch on old family photos, but have had no luck with cleaning up census pages and documents.  Some have suffered from being badly filmed or digitised, some have faded ink and some have been badly photocopied by record offices.  Photoshop and other online help and/or tutorials seem to only advise on photographs. 

Has anyone found a website or - preferably - a book that gives clear and simple advice on working with documents in Photoshop?

Thanks, Runnicus

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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Re: Family Tree Maker 2011 - Splitting an All-in-One Tree
« on: Thursday 28 February 13 08:59 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Falcybe,

You've got it in a nutshell and have explained the problem far more succinctly than I could. 

It all began because I am putting 20-odd years of research into four illustrated books, currently on several Word documents, so that when I pop my clogs and the family chucks out the contents of the filing cabinet, their history and all my work is still there on CD or whatever format exists at that time and it won't matter (to them) if the paperwork has disappeared - the story will survive.

As part of that I wanted to create four charts that would take up only one or two pages in each book showing a single line from myself backwards through an average of seven single male (or female) ancestors, including the names of their spouses.

I couldn't find any way of doing this with FTM 2011 and my All-in-One file.  So I thought it might be easier if I split the file into smaller segments.  Har Har Har...  This is where we came in.

As you say, it's pretty much impossible.  Any ideas for my next step would be useful cos I'm stumped.  I'm even thinking of dumping FTM and getting a simpler software package if there is one out there.

All the best, Runnicus






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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Re: Family Tree Maker 2011 - Splitting an All-in-One Tree
« on: Tuesday 26 February 13 09:10 GMT (UK)  »
Hello there,

A person after my own heart - I too had that thought.  But when I experimented and made three new files with the major options - "Select All Descendents and Spouses", "Select Person and All Relations" and "Select All", the results were rather odd.

My All-in-One file contains 2,187 individuals.  But what I know should be the largest file when exported contained only 212 persons.  And another snag is that if I want to make a SMITH Descendent Chart starting with the earliest known SMITH, it leaves out the earliest known BROWN member who was born before the earliest known SMITH.  But if I start the chart with the earliest known BROWN member it doesn't include all the Smiths.  It's a puzzle...

Thanks for your help,  I shall have to continue experimenting.  FYI: I phoned FTM in Dublin to be told "you can do that easily in FTM 2012".  I wonder if that's a standard answer - I wasn't impressed..

Thanks again.




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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Family Tree Maker 2011 - Splitting an All-in-One Tree
« on: Monday 25 February 13 10:39 GMT (UK)  »
Hello everyone,
My All-in-One file in Family Tree Maker 2011 contains over 2,000 individuals. It wasn't a good idea to keep them all in one file and I now realise I have to split it into four separate branches.  However when I "Export", I have to individually select the persons.  I don't see how I can do this if I have an average of 500+ individuals to select because I can't hold in my head all the different surnames and which line they belong to.  Is there an easier way to split the file?
Very many thanks for any help.

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US Lookup Requests / Re: Theodore R. Dietzman - Indiana and Florida
« on: Tuesday 21 August 12 11:54 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Sandra,

That might indeed be the death of William Hiles.  Do you know where I could write to in the USA to get a death certificate?

You did say that you would send me the names and birthdates and family details of the two Lind Van Buskirk/Guerry sons.  But I haven't seen them.

Thanks so much for your help.  You're really good at this!

Ann


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