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I thought I'd share my discovery. I was googling an ancestor ...as you do. I googled John Pugh toolmaker and found him in 1840's medical journals/ articles written by an eye surgeon at the Birmingham Eye Infirmary. Google seem to be adding some free view books to their collection. I couldn't...

Paul R, https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/History_and_Directory_of_Birmingham,_1849:_Guns There are Holland individuals here. Also do you remember that I suggested our Mary Millard (married to Edward Holland in Handsworth parish church) may have been a Millward as they were near neighbours at...

Paul R great minds think alike! (Except you got there first!!) I was tidying up my family tree today and realised that my 2x gt gran, Eliza Holland was a servant to Philip Webley in 1851 and 1861, in Edgbaston,84 Weaman Street and later 386 Bristol Road. In 1862 she married Josiah Hall in her...

Hi I think I've found a lady who may be connected to this Whitehouse family. I'm bumping this thread so she can find it. Thanks Lu

Thanks Izzy I think James was working with papier machee trays etc. I'll look up the museum and add it to my list of places I should visit. I may send some Brummie family members with bus passes there! I've found some beautiful pieces on the net; ideal to jazz up the family tree. Lu

Hi Alan I'm not getting too excited about our Mary Ann's matching, however I hope there will be a connection somewhere. She was born 1818-1820! What will clinch it if we have identical photos!! Have a nice day, make hay when the sun shines, look at records when its raining stair rods! Lu

Alan, Good luck with all that. I've been comparing the LDS records with the 1841 and 1851censuses but I'm going to try to compare two possible families carefully. Mary Ann doesn't appear on the censuses with her family. One family of Hughes seems to use Elijah in each branch of their family in...

A variation on your nan's blindman on a galloping horse: "A blindman on a galloping horse wouldn't spot/notice/see that!" ......suggesting that an imperfection/flaw isn't worth worrying about. I still use this (did today), although not strictly PC. Lu

Hi Mike, James Hughes 39 Loveday street is him . He is there in 1861 with wife and son's family but he didn't give an occupation. So this has confirmed him nicely. The other individuals will be very useful in my research. Your help is much appreciated, Lu

Hi, I've just started to research my ancestor, James Hughes born abt 1792. I found him on his daughter's marriage cert, occupation Japanner. Mary Ann Hughes, spinster, Hockley married Thomas Lewis Willis, at the Parish Church , Birmingham 23 January 1848. I've found James Hughes in the 1841 and...

How lovely Wendy. Did he ever patent any of his inventions? I looked at this again ,as it occurred to me that anyone with genealogical interests in the Whitehouse and Vale families may be excited by this. I'm glad you enjoyed it! :friendly_wink:

We made sure that we learnt to swim a length so we could go for free! The cool water made us hardly! Happy days. I was curious about the turkish baths , but never did try them. Lovely photo, Topsy Lu

I googled the photographer's name and found that he and his family were living at the Worcester address in 1901. Lu

Thanks Dek I did all that!! I've sorted out how to use flickr with Bernie's help, but it may not be the best way, but it works for me. Lu

[/URL][/IMG] Who do you remember? We can ID quite a few of these, I'll save that for later. Enjoy, Lu

[/URL][/IMG] This is the photo I've been trying to show! Thanks Bernie for your instructions. I've got a VE day photo of Mary Road I'd like to share later. Lu

Thanks Astonian, This is very interesting.Do you know for sure that they were the same family? I know there were other Pitt families in Birmingham that may not be connected. I've just spoken to Mum and she'd not heard of any of our Pitts over there. Thanks for taking time to tell me about them...

Can I do this? Lu

I'll have to try again tomorrow, sorry. Goodnight :disillusionment::moon::sorrow: