John Edward Foss Ford Ambrotypes

I just couldn’t believe what I saw, Elizabeth was born in Beaminster, Dorset!

The Gibbs Family of Beaminster. Pt 2.

What a bonus to have another photo that is written on of the same Gibbs family!

Imagine my surprise when I looked on the back of these photos to see they were of a family from Beaminster, Dorset!

These two lovely Postcard Photos I couldn’t resist, they are just adorable children aren’t they……..

More of the old photos & more information about his biological Mum’s side of the family, GINN

So they hadn’t got Victor’s name wrong after all! What a surprise!

I have found that Robert Sparke Hutchings was the very first Vicar of St Andrew’s Church, Monkton Wyld in 1850

Found recently at the Fleamarket & what a surprise I had when I got home & turned this one over!

A couple of months ago at a Car Boot sale I came across three old photos in a bag. Having … More

UPDATE…….Another group of my Old Photos returned to their family! After this message from John in Hampshire on this Blog, … More

I am still catching up on scanning of the old photos that I have acquired this summer, lots of them … More

UPDATE June 2019 from Hugh Drake: “I have just picked up a link to your page about the Drake Family … More

On this date 160 years ago at just a few minutes after 8am Elizabeth Martha Brown was hanged at the … More

UPDATE. 31 Jan 2020. This beautiful photo is now on its way back to family in New South Wales, Australia. … More