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'I TRACED THE FAMILY IN AN OLD PHOTO ALBUM'

A picture paints a thousand words, and this is particularly true in genealogy. If you have stumbled upon old family photographs and are finding them hard to identify, be inspired by Rita Boswell who has unlocked the secrets of an album dating back to Victorian times.

MY BRICK WALL

While browsing in an antiques shop called The Collector’s Market in Eastbourne, East Sussex, in 2017,1 spotted a stack of old photograph albums. I was drawn to one that had a strong tooled leather cover with a brass clasp, so I bought it. There were 56 photographs inside,

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