Chris Swain
@lincstomypast.bsky.social
Genealogy | Research interests in Grantham, Lincolnshire| Railway History | Military Research |
Sunday CDV show off day.
By Boggis of Grantham, Lincolnshire.
#vintagephoto #cdv #cartedevisite #vintagephotograph #Grantham #familyhistory #genealogy #photographer
By Boggis of Grantham, Lincolnshire.
#vintagephoto #cdv #cartedevisite #vintagephotograph #Grantham #familyhistory #genealogy #photographer
October 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Sunday CDV show off day.
By Boggis of Grantham, Lincolnshire.
#vintagephoto #cdv #cartedevisite #vintagephotograph #Grantham #familyhistory #genealogy #photographer
By Boggis of Grantham, Lincolnshire.
#vintagephoto #cdv #cartedevisite #vintagephotograph #Grantham #familyhistory #genealogy #photographer
Grantham Cabinet card.
F G Simpson & Co, 17 Wharf Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire.
#vintagephoto #cabinetcard #vintagephotographer #Grantham #familyhistory #genealogy
F G Simpson & Co, 17 Wharf Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire.
#vintagephoto #cabinetcard #vintagephotographer #Grantham #familyhistory #genealogy
October 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Grantham Cabinet card.
F G Simpson & Co, 17 Wharf Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire.
#vintagephoto #cabinetcard #vintagephotographer #Grantham #familyhistory #genealogy
F G Simpson & Co, 17 Wharf Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire.
#vintagephoto #cabinetcard #vintagephotographer #Grantham #familyhistory #genealogy
My latest updated #ancestrydna regions.
October 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
My latest updated #ancestrydna regions.
I never saw the point in buying this death certificate as I knew what happened to Richard. But I got it, so it's part of the records.
#GNR #railwayaccident #Greatnorthernrailway #genealogy #familyhistory
#GNR #railwayaccident #Greatnorthernrailway #genealogy #familyhistory
October 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I never saw the point in buying this death certificate as I knew what happened to Richard. But I got it, so it's part of the records.
#GNR #railwayaccident #Greatnorthernrailway #genealogy #familyhistory
#GNR #railwayaccident #Greatnorthernrailway #genealogy #familyhistory
Just been researching my 2nd cousin 2x removed George Towns.
The words "this aircraft failed to return" seem to hit differently 😔
#genealogy #familyhistory #ww2 #raf #156squadron
The words "this aircraft failed to return" seem to hit differently 😔
#genealogy #familyhistory #ww2 #raf #156squadron
October 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Just been researching my 2nd cousin 2x removed George Towns.
The words "this aircraft failed to return" seem to hit differently 😔
#genealogy #familyhistory #ww2 #raf #156squadron
The words "this aircraft failed to return" seem to hit differently 😔
#genealogy #familyhistory #ww2 #raf #156squadron
Finally, I got around to scanning my Grantham Photographers collection.
This is a cabinet card, taken by F G Simpson of 17 Wharf Road, Grantham.
#vintagephoto #cabinetcard #vintagephotography #Grantham #LFHS
This is a cabinet card, taken by F G Simpson of 17 Wharf Road, Grantham.
#vintagephoto #cabinetcard #vintagephotography #Grantham #LFHS
October 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Finally, I got around to scanning my Grantham Photographers collection.
This is a cabinet card, taken by F G Simpson of 17 Wharf Road, Grantham.
#vintagephoto #cabinetcard #vintagephotography #Grantham #LFHS
This is a cabinet card, taken by F G Simpson of 17 Wharf Road, Grantham.
#vintagephoto #cabinetcard #vintagephotography #Grantham #LFHS
This story is about a 1st cousin 3x removed. The girl had lost her mother in 1923. This was in 1926.
She may have been mentally dull due to the fact she had lost her mother.
#genealogy #familyhistory
She may have been mentally dull due to the fact she had lost her mother.
#genealogy #familyhistory
October 1, 2025 at 5:59 AM
This story is about a 1st cousin 3x removed. The girl had lost her mother in 1923. This was in 1926.
She may have been mentally dull due to the fact she had lost her mother.
#genealogy #familyhistory
She may have been mentally dull due to the fact she had lost her mother.
#genealogy #familyhistory
Hey @lowancestry.bsky.social when will you be back? Miss you two, tales and laughs
September 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Hey @lowancestry.bsky.social when will you be back? Miss you two, tales and laughs
Looks like we are going to Disney Land Paris next April. I will be going to bezu-le-guréy to visit my Great Uncles grave.
#familyhistory #genealogy #ww1 #ww1grave
#familyhistory #genealogy #ww1 #ww1grave
September 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Looks like we are going to Disney Land Paris next April. I will be going to bezu-le-guréy to visit my Great Uncles grave.
#familyhistory #genealogy #ww1 #ww1grave
#familyhistory #genealogy #ww1 #ww1grave
Just came across a death plaque on Ebay for a Thomas Swain.
My Great-Uncle Thomas/Tom Swain 6990 died in 1914.
£75 is just too much for me, unfortunately
#ww1 #deathplaque #genealogy #familyhistory
My Great-Uncle Thomas/Tom Swain 6990 died in 1914.
£75 is just too much for me, unfortunately
#ww1 #deathplaque #genealogy #familyhistory
September 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Just came across a death plaque on Ebay for a Thomas Swain.
My Great-Uncle Thomas/Tom Swain 6990 died in 1914.
£75 is just too much for me, unfortunately
#ww1 #deathplaque #genealogy #familyhistory
My Great-Uncle Thomas/Tom Swain 6990 died in 1914.
£75 is just too much for me, unfortunately
#ww1 #deathplaque #genealogy #familyhistory
Would you say a man who took in and brought up 2 off his daughters illegitimate children, one of whom he has down as his own son, children of 1 his dead daughters is right to be thought of as a strict man that people wanted to run away from? Or did he just lose too many ppl and wanted people safe?
September 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Would you say a man who took in and brought up 2 off his daughters illegitimate children, one of whom he has down as his own son, children of 1 his dead daughters is right to be thought of as a strict man that people wanted to run away from? Or did he just lose too many ppl and wanted people safe?
What is the best way to scan or take decent photos of CDV's or cabinet cards? Like this example, some just do not turn out right at all.
#cdv #cartedevisite #vintagephoto #familyhistory #genealogy
#cdv #cartedevisite #vintagephoto #familyhistory #genealogy
September 12, 2025 at 6:59 AM
What is the best way to scan or take decent photos of CDV's or cabinet cards? Like this example, some just do not turn out right at all.
#cdv #cartedevisite #vintagephoto #familyhistory #genealogy
#cdv #cartedevisite #vintagephoto #familyhistory #genealogy
Just found that my 2nd cousin 3x removed Emma Florence Howars married into the Gordon family from Abergeldie, Scotland. She lived in Kingston Manor
August 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Just found that my 2nd cousin 3x removed Emma Florence Howars married into the Gordon family from Abergeldie, Scotland. She lived in Kingston Manor
Just found my 4th Great Grandfather in the 1841, he is 45, which means a birth year around 1796, which also means at his first marriage in 1816 he was only about 20, so that could indicate why it states it was with the consent of guardian, With my 4th Great Grandmother being 32.
#genealogy
#genealogy
August 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Just found my 4th Great Grandfather in the 1841, he is 45, which means a birth year around 1796, which also means at his first marriage in 1816 he was only about 20, so that could indicate why it states it was with the consent of guardian, With my 4th Great Grandmother being 32.
#genealogy
#genealogy
Where do I even start to figure out what all these numbers mean.
#genealogy #familyhistory #militaryhistory
#genealogy #familyhistory #militaryhistory
August 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Where do I even start to figure out what all these numbers mean.
#genealogy #familyhistory #militaryhistory
#genealogy #familyhistory #militaryhistory
I am waiting on so many orders from ebay. My collection of carte de visite from various Grantham photographers is growing nicely. I now need to decide what to do with them.
#grantham #vintagephoto #cartedevisite #cdv
#grantham #vintagephoto #cartedevisite #cdv
August 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I am waiting on so many orders from ebay. My collection of carte de visite from various Grantham photographers is growing nicely. I now need to decide what to do with them.
#grantham #vintagephoto #cartedevisite #cdv
#grantham #vintagephoto #cartedevisite #cdv
Reposted by Chris Swain
S09EP08 – The Holiday (Bonus)
Accidentally arriving in a muddy 1640's Essex, host Andrew is accused of witchcraft? How can he escape back home?
Accidentally arriving in a muddy 1640's Essex, host Andrew is accused of witchcraft? How can he escape back home?
S09EP08 – The Holiday (Bonus)
Accidentally arriving in a muddy 1640's Essex, host Andrew is accused of witchcraft? How can he escape back home?
familyhistoriespodcast.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM
S09EP08 – The Holiday (Bonus)
Accidentally arriving in a muddy 1640's Essex, host Andrew is accused of witchcraft? How can he escape back home?
Accidentally arriving in a muddy 1640's Essex, host Andrew is accused of witchcraft? How can he escape back home?
Hello #ancestryhour I have started digging into my wife's family history and its a big old puzzle. A letter from a sister telling the other that there mum had died. Wouldn't have been her birth mum as she died in 1910 and the letter states she is courting her soon to be husband, they married in 1929
August 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Hello #ancestryhour I have started digging into my wife's family history and its a big old puzzle. A letter from a sister telling the other that there mum had died. Wouldn't have been her birth mum as she died in 1910 and the letter states she is courting her soon to be husband, they married in 1929
I have just been given permission by my mother in law to research her family line. Her grandmother seems to have been in a Dr Bananado's home. How easy is it or hard? Are these to research?
#genealogy #familyhistory
#genealogy #familyhistory
August 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I have just been given permission by my mother in law to research her family line. Her grandmother seems to have been in a Dr Bananado's home. How easy is it or hard? Are these to research?
#genealogy #familyhistory
#genealogy #familyhistory
I feel like I need to learn about religion and the different Christian denominations. My 4th Great Grandfather was the president of the Wesleyan Chapel in Grantham.
#genealogy #genealogist #familyhistory
#genealogy #genealogist #familyhistory
August 7, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I feel like I need to learn about religion and the different Christian denominations. My 4th Great Grandfather was the president of the Wesleyan Chapel in Grantham.
#genealogy #genealogist #familyhistory
#genealogy #genealogist #familyhistory
A great day out yesterday in York with wife and two girls
August 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM
A great day out yesterday in York with wife and two girls
Whilst looking through a recent Grantham Bygone book, I came across this image.
It is an image from 1915-1916 when women took jobs at the local station due to the ongoing war.
These are railway engine cleaners, and one could well be my Grand Aunt Louisa Maud Swain.
#railway #history #genealogy
It is an image from 1915-1916 when women took jobs at the local station due to the ongoing war.
These are railway engine cleaners, and one could well be my Grand Aunt Louisa Maud Swain.
#railway #history #genealogy
August 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Whilst looking through a recent Grantham Bygone book, I came across this image.
It is an image from 1915-1916 when women took jobs at the local station due to the ongoing war.
These are railway engine cleaners, and one could well be my Grand Aunt Louisa Maud Swain.
#railway #history #genealogy
It is an image from 1915-1916 when women took jobs at the local station due to the ongoing war.
These are railway engine cleaners, and one could well be my Grand Aunt Louisa Maud Swain.
#railway #history #genealogy
When you start looking deeper into your family and you see your 4x Great Grandfather is a Wesleyan minister and his granddaughter gets married when 3 months pregnant in a Baptist chapel. I wonder if this may have caused drama 🤔
July 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
When you start looking deeper into your family and you see your 4x Great Grandfather is a Wesleyan minister and his granddaughter gets married when 3 months pregnant in a Baptist chapel. I wonder if this may have caused drama 🤔
I have not done research recently due to costs. But today, I found myself down the rabbit hole of crew lists for Mabel Smith. It seems she joined Cunard in 1937 with the last entry in 1949. #genealogy #crewlists #cunard
June 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I have not done research recently due to costs. But today, I found myself down the rabbit hole of crew lists for Mabel Smith. It seems she joined Cunard in 1937 with the last entry in 1949. #genealogy #crewlists #cunard