If a picture tells a thousand words – what stories can our old family snaps reveal to us about our kin from times gone by? Make the most of your visual vintage gems with our bumper guide to unlocking the clues in your ancestral photos
It’s immediate isn’t it? The appeal of a picture. There’s really nothing quite like old family photos for piquing the interest of even the most idly curious relations and getting the family history conversation going. Comparisons of family likenesses, funny fashions and hairstyles, insights to bygone ways of life, past homes and pets, places once visited – and, of course, memories of those no longer with us.