Family Tree Frog

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that the following post contains images of deceased persons. Alan from Sepia Saturday says: I have to confess, I have never been a fisherman. The thought of sitting next to some damp river bank waiting for some obliging fish to bite leaves me cold. The thought of having to push a sharp hook through some non-obliging worm leaves me frozen. I am much happier with an old photograph of some fishermen, and that is just what we have for Sepia Saturday this week. It is a photograph that dates back to 1916 and which has been shared via Flickr Commons by Alberta Archives. All you need to do is to cast your digital hook into your collection of old images and come up with something that may or may not match our theme image. You might want to go with miners or with anglers, with fishy tales or with three men : whatever you go with just post your post on or around Saturday 8th November 2014 and add a link to the ...

Photo of William Joseph Hinde (far right) by L & D Keen Commercial Photographers c1948 If you like to match the theme of our Sepia Saturday prompts, how about: bowler hats, milk churns (or dairies), men (or women) posing on horseback, Australia, farms, or any combination of these. Marily (Little Nell), Sepia Saturday Blog Well I know we won't be getting any milk out of the above healthy specimen, but I do believe that I have struck the jackpot with a man in a bowler hat.  And I can vouch for this being Australian and probably a bit to do with farms.  In particular - a prison farm. This is a picture of my husband's Uncle Bill (great-uncle really) - that is to say, William Joseph Hinde.   Uncle Bill was born 28 November 1903 at Gilston, Queensland. He was the younger brother of my husband's grandmother, Dorothy or Dolly.  One of 7 brothers and 2 sisters.   Uncle Bill doted on my husband when he was little.   Unfortunatel...