Charnwood Genealogy

28/01/2026

Old postcard has been reunited with its original YARNALL family please check the blog post for update and new family photographs - a great result!!
Postcard Traders Association

One type of postcard I really like finding and researching are any with a military connection such as a regimental number, regiment name or other family details – I recently found one, as bel…

26/01/2026

My latest Charnwood Genealogy blog post linked to the YARNALL family and Leeds in Yorkshire - are you connected? Postcard Traders Association

One type of postcard I really like finding and researching are any with a military connection such as a regimental number, regiment name or other family details – I recently found one, as bel…

20/01/2026

My latest Charnwood Genealogy blog post with links to the TRENCH family from County Offaly in Ireland

During the summer last year I purchased and came into possession of a folder of 65 old Victorian photographs that unfortunately are on pages that have been torn from an original family album and pl…

07/01/2026

My latest Charnwood Genealogy blog post linked to the HELLIAR family in Dorset - a photograph find at a Postcard Fair
Postcard Traders Association

A find at the Bury St Edmunds postcard fair last year was this old photograph of a baby boy, as below, that had written on the reverse – Ronald Leslie HELLIAR age 11 months – the photog…

03/01/2026

Many thanks for all your support of my Charnwood Genealogy blog during 2025 which is very much appreciated - If you haven’t looked at it yet please check it out as I am trying to reunite old photos and postcards with their original families charnwoodgenealogy.wordpress.com - all comments and feedback appreciated 👍

30/12/2025

My latest Charnwood Genealogy blog post linked to the McINTYRE and LEWIS families from Lancing in Sussex Postcard Traders Association

A lovely recent find at an antiques centre in Bowness in Windermere in the Lake District was this old photograph postcard of a young girl with her dolls in a pram, as below, that had written on the…

23/12/2025

I just want to take this opportunity to wish all my followers and supporters a very Happy Christmas

2025 has been another good year for Charnwood Genealogy having now been in our Chase Road office and shop front in Southend on Sea for over four years and this, as hoped, has led to lots of new local clients and work which I am very grateful for

I have also continued with my Commonwealth War Graves Commission talks and tours at Sutton Road Cemetery in Southend on Sea this year and also reunited several old photographs and postcards with their original families via my Charnwood Genealogy blog

Thank you all for your support and interest in my work which is very much appreciated

Sending you and your families all best wishes for a Happy New Year

Simon

01/12/2025

My latest Charnwood Genealogy blog post on an old photograph postcard find with links to the CLARKE family and Mendlesham in Suffolk Postcard Traders Association

A recent lovely old photograph find on eBay, as below, was this picture of a couple which had written on the reverse – Mr & Mrs CLARKE Golden Wedding April 15th 1931, but unfortunately no…