In a message dated 21/10/2008 01:51:51 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Mark Herber, in Ancestral Trails, writes: "Passports were not required until 1914 (so most people did not apply for one) but some were issued as early as 1794, principally to diplomats or merchants. They included photographs (from 1914) and, since 1921, were in similar form to those we use today. A register of passport applications and of the passports issued from 1794 to 1948 is at the PRO (TNA) in class FO 610, noting applicants' names and destinations. The entries are in date order, but there are name indexes for 1851-1862 and 1874-1916 in class FO 611." Hi listers, Does this post above mean that we can apply to find out original applications for passports? Where do we apply in England? What is the PRO? Passport Records Office? Wouldn't it be great if they still kept photographs? Regards Diana