Genealogy Chat

I did a lot of checking of old addresses in the summer holiday. The shop where my grandfather had a picture framers is now a bicycle shop, but it is still opposite the library and round the corner from my great-grandmother's. Her house is the same. The house where a great-granddad died is the same as it has a name and date in the fabric of the brick which were several years before he died. However, a road another grandfather lodged is completely different from how it was when he lived there in 1901. nell

I know how you feel Jeanie. We hunted round the streets in Limerick for the birthplace of my father in law's mother only to find it's a Chinese restaurant.

I put the address of one of my gt grandfathers into Google and to my amusement have found it is now an Indian resturant called Mr Balti!! If I ever get to Bilston, I know where I'll be eating. jeanie

That's a smart move Jill!. I often remind new mums to think about keeping a photo of the baby's first home when they tuck away the birth congratulation cards. It took me ages to track down one of my mother's now demolished birthplace.

ps there was a thread about photos a while back offering to take pictures of houses etc. i did a couple myself for someone on here. x

nice one jill thankyou brenda x

When I have an address for an ancestor,I look at the local Estate Agents sites.Sometimes I find a house for sale in that street which gives me an idea of the kind of area my relative lived in, but yesterday I struck lucky and found the actual house was up for sale, so now I have a picture to add to my file. It helps to make things more personal. Jill in Grimsby