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I’m afraid this is the kind of story that makes my blood boil. Memorial plaques with names of deceased veterans were stolen, probably with the object of selling them for scrap. The plaques held many names, and at this point Continue reading Thieves Make Off With Priceless War Memorial Plaques
The following excerpt is from a family history success story by Gemma Fraser, published in the December 31, 2010 edition of the Edinburgh Evening News. THE closest surviving relatives of a soldier killed in a bomb blast in France more Continue reading Relatives of Fallen Scots WWI Soldier Found
The following excerpt is from an article in the December 28, 2010 edition of the NewJerseyNewsroom.com. At least 3,427 New Jersey armed service members died in World War I and now the State Archives has developed an online database designed Continue reading Online Database of New Jersey Soldiers Who Died in WWI
This European First World War Digitization project sounds very exciting, especially for those genealogists who had relatives who fought on both sides of the conflict. The following is a teaser from the artdaily.org website. THE HAGUE.- The German National Library, Continue reading European 1st World War Family Papers & Memorabilia to be Digitized
HE CALLS her Marples and she refers to him affectionately as Sherlock. He is a determined, quiet cop with a forensic background, while she is a chatty grandmother with degrees in social research and 30 years of genealogy experience. They Continue reading Volunteers Search for Family Connections of 191+ Soldiers Buried in Fromelles’ Tiny Pheasant Wood
The following News Release was written by FamilyRelatives.com staff: From Waterloo to the Charge of the Light Brigade to the Great War Familyrelatives.com is proud to announce the addition of 1,000,000 New Military Records spanning over 100 years. This autumn Continue reading Over 1M New WWI British Military Records added at FamilyRelatives.com
It was announced today that Ancestry.co.uk has now posted the entire collection of the British WWI Service Records. Since the press release mentioned Basil Rathbone (Remember the Sherlock Homes movies?), I did a search for him, and found him soon Continue reading WWI Army Service Records for 2M Brits Go Online at Ancestry.co.uk
State archives and history officials are attempting to come up with details about the veterans whose 11,427 names are carved in the West Virginia Veterans Memorial at the State Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia. For the last five years, the Continue reading West Virginia Officials Searching for Info on People Named on the West Virginia Veterans Memorial
The Times has obtained and posted in 13 pdf pages a list of British soldiers who fought in a series of battles in northwestern France in the First World War. These men were declared Missing In Action (MIA) and their Continue reading Searching for Information on MIAs From Battles in NW France in WWI
Hoyt Alexander Canady answered his country’s call more than nine decades ago and took a bullet in the leg fighting the Germans in France during World War I. Now, after about 10 years of research and letter-swapping by his son-in-law, Continue reading Hoyt Alexander Canady Gets His Purple Heart – 90 Years Late
I posted an item about the WWI soldiers buried at Fromelles, France just over a month ago. The soldiers are back in the news. The following is an excerpt from an article in the March 24, 2009 edition of the Continue reading Identifying the WWI Soldiers at Fromelles, France, isn’t an Easy Task
Dick Eastman reported about the amazing Geneva WWI Red Cross Archive this morning – and I just had to check it out for myself. It seems that these records have been kept in file drawers in the dusty basement of Continue reading WWI Red Cross Archive in Geneva Now Reveals Details on 20 Million Casualties
Remains of around 400 British and Australian soldiers from the World War One are to be exhumed from a French battlefield and individually buried, it was announced yesterday. The excavation of six mass graves in Fromelles will begin in May Continue reading 400 British & Australian Fallen on French Battlefield to be Exhumed & Reburied
The Missouri History Museum recently launched the Genealogy and Local History Index which includes references to hundreds of thousands of St. Louis ancestors. In this index, you can search by personal name, business/corporate name, or street address. (The latter search Continue reading The New Missouri History Museum “Genealogy & Local History Index” Online