The Archives and the Internet
It's only this week that I've really understood how powerful the internet can be in facilitating contact with people and relatives with whom one might never be in touch. Unless I had written this archive, none of the following happy contacts would have been made: This is a painting that I finally picked up yesterday of my ancestor Edward Lawford . Rather a fine picture, except that it has a huge gash on his neck! I was offered it at an auction earlier this year and intended to buy it, but went to New York at short notice and missed it. I then tried and failed to buy it from the person who bought it. Later I had an e-mail from a removals firm offering to sell it to me for a relatively small sum as it had been damaged in transit from the auction house and the buyer had claimed on their insurance and no longer wanted it. Of course I bought it and now have it on my wall. A friend ( Nick Duke's niece Kiki Price who restores old paintings) has repaired it for me. So this ...