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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: help with surname? John .....?
« on: Sunday 22 September 13 18:31 BST (UK) »
another vote for Johnstone, but the J's are quite different!
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Any idea when photo was taken and age of girl please
« on: Tuesday 17 September 13 13:22 BST (UK) »
hmm I think she looks around 14/15
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The Common Room / Re: Looking for an inquest.
« on: Sunday 15 September 13 09:13 BST (UK) »
I recently requested a copy of a coroners inquest from PRONI for the death of my half brother in the 60's. All the information I had to give was the date and place of death. Took a while but eventually they got back to be and unfortunately the inquest had been destroyed at some point in the past 
apparently they only keep important ones! But the man from PRONI was really helpful and sent me a scan of the entry in some file recording verdicts (misadventure) and then out of the blue a few weeks later he emailed me a copy of the post mortem! Which actually answered all my questions as it had a lot of information about the circumstances- which my father rarely would speak of -
He was nearly 11 years old, collecting birds eggs with his friends on a stretch of beach, he became separated from his friends and they began looking for him at 5pm when it was time to go home and couldn't find him. They left at 6pm and my father rang the police at 8pm. His body was found at around 8pm by a dog walker at the foot of a rocky outcrop, but the man couldnt reach him so ran for the the police who arrived and recovered him at 8.20.
Sorry for the long reply, just trying to suggest a copy of the postmortem aswell as I wouldn't have requested it!
apparently they only keep important ones! But the man from PRONI was really helpful and sent me a scan of the entry in some file recording verdicts (misadventure) and then out of the blue a few weeks later he emailed me a copy of the post mortem! Which actually answered all my questions as it had a lot of information about the circumstances- which my father rarely would speak of -He was nearly 11 years old, collecting birds eggs with his friends on a stretch of beach, he became separated from his friends and they began looking for him at 5pm when it was time to go home and couldn't find him. They left at 6pm and my father rang the police at 8pm. His body was found at around 8pm by a dog walker at the foot of a rocky outcrop, but the man couldnt reach him so ran for the the police who arrived and recovered him at 8.20.
Sorry for the long reply, just trying to suggest a copy of the postmortem aswell as I wouldn't have requested it!
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: An approx date and a bit of face recognition please!
« on: Saturday 14 September 13 15:39 BST (UK) »
Thanks everyone!
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: An approx date and a bit of face recognition please!
« on: Saturday 14 September 13 10:12 BST (UK) »
Thank you, for a bit of a comparison, here is a definite picture of this gentleman's son Fairley, some family resemblance there!
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: An approx date and a bit of face recognition please!
« on: Saturday 14 September 13 09:19 BST (UK) »
Thank you, I guess I'm just worried that the portrait picture could have been a son if the dates didn't match up. But thank you for removing the scratch 
much obliged!
much obliged!
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / An approx date and a bit of face recognition please!
« on: Saturday 14 September 13 08:19 BST (UK) »
Hi there! I have a picture with nothing written on the back (bad ancestors!! what I'm keen to know is if its the same gentleman as the picture of the man standing up (who appears to be my gt gt grandfather b1868 d1940) who has "dad" written on the back. I would like to know the approx dates for both based on clothing or whatever if possible, thank you!
edited to add- sorry forgot to say pictures taken in north carolina usa!
what I'm keen to know is if its the same gentleman as the picture of the man standing up (who appears to be my gt gt grandfather b1868 d1940) who has "dad" written on the back. I would like to know the approx dates for both based on clothing or whatever if possible, thank you!edited to add- sorry forgot to say pictures taken in north carolina usa!
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The Common Room / Re: Strange causes of death
« on: Sunday 08 September 13 10:14 BST (UK) »
I have quite a lot of death certificates in my tree, off the top of my head there is "shock due to falling into scalding tank of water", "crushed to death by truck" and "dress caught on fire and burned to death" (at the ripe age of 95 though!) theres also a brave few deaths from madness!
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Would someone give my beautiful g-gran some colour?
« on: Tuesday 25 June 13 08:20 BST (UK) »
AH! I didn't expect any more replies sorry! They are just awesome. You have really all done Kate justice and I really am grateful. I was hoping to pick one to mount and frame but how am I ever going to choose?? 
