Charnwood Genealogy

08/09/2025

My latest Charnwood Genealogy blog post linked to the HAMFLETT family from Bishop Auckland in County Durham
Postcard Traders Association

Another great find at the recent Bury St Edmunds Postcard Fair was this lovely old family photograph that has written on the reverse – Best Wishes to all from Yours W H HAMFLETT with the addr…

05/09/2025

My latest Charnwood Genealogy blog post on an old postcard found at the Bury St Edmunds Postcard Fair linked to the STAINTHORPE family from Shildon in County Durham
Postcard Traders Association

Another great old postcard find at the Burys St Edmunds Postcard Fair last weekend was this lovely photograph of four children posted to Miss H STAINTHORPE at Bedford Lodge in Bishop Auckland on 22…

01/09/2025

My latest Charnwood Genealogy blog post on a postcard found at the Bury St Edmunds Postcard Fair on Saturday linked to the SMAILS family from Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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https://charnwoodgenealogy.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/are-you-connected-to-the-smails-or-lee-families-from-newcastle-upon-tyne

01/09/2025

I love this old photograph that I found at the Bury St Edmunds postcard fair on Saturday that has Southend on Sea Pier in the background 👍

30/08/2025

I’m really pleased with my finds at the Bury St Edmunds Postcard Fair today including several new social history photo postcards with clues to research for my Charnwood Gebealogy blog and some fantastic new additions to my Framlingham, Parham and LAST surname collections 👍

22/08/2025

My latest Charnwood Genealogy blog post about an old postcard find linked to Leicestershire and Lancashire
Postcard Traders Association

A recent old postcard find was this lovely photograph of a young couple sent to T S LEEDHAM at Laurel Villa at 232 Welford Road in Leicester on 2nd August 1909 – it was a message to Tom and A…

22/08/2025

It was a great evening on Tuesday this week talking to the Bury St Edmunds Pustcard Club and many thanks to them for the lovely certificate

20/08/2025

Following on from my talk in Suffolk last night about researching old postcards I thought I would reshare this newspaper article from July 2020 where I got a mention with some other fantastic old postcard researchers