Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Photos of English towns

For those with English ancestors, from amateurphotographer.co.uk: 

"Nearly a quarter of a million historic images of UK towns, cities and villages dating back to 1857 have been published online, allowing people to see how their local area has changed over the past 150 years"  Ancestry will allow free access through the end of August. The link to the article is here.


 
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