Photo corner

I regularly read Family Tree magazine and am always fascinated with the old family photos analysed in Photo Corner. This digitised old photo, which was sent to me some time ago by a relative, portrays

Q My ancestor, Charles Hayes, was born on 6 October 1700 in Harrow on the Hill to Charles Hayes and Ann Ewster. He attended University College Cambridge and, described as “one of the Gentlemen of the

Self-portrait by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1896

I was very interested to read Nicola Johnson’s article exploring the world of stokers in your January 2026 issue. My great grandfather, John Thomas Gray, was a stoker on the HMS Indomitable during the

Q I think this may be my late grandmother, Amy Ethel Parker, born in 1890 – I found the photograph among her things. I know she worked in the Royal Flying Corps’ stores during the First World War. Pau

So Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo in October 1876, charting the latest instalment of the Holbein cult. He was renting a room in Isleworth, west London, still hoping for a religious career