Jayne Shrimpton: 3 books
Tracing Your Ancestors Through Family Photographs
A Complete Guide for Family and Local Historians
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Jayne Shrimpton's complete guide to dating, analysing and understanding family photographs is essential reading and reference for anyone undertaking genealogical and local history research. Using over 150 old photographs as examples, she shows how such images can give a direct insight into the past...
by Jayne Shrimpton
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
This book reveals the impact of wartime and austerity on British fashion and tells the story of how a spirit of patriotism and make-do-and-mend unleashed a wave of new creativity among women who were starved of high fashion by shortages and rationing. Many home dressmakers copied the high-end looks,...
by Jayne Shrimpton
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2008
For those engaged in family research, there is nothing more frustrating than an early photograph, without any label to identify the subject or the date. But there are always visual clues, and the strongest of these come from what our ancestors are wearing. They dressed up for the camera and their...