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Thanks for the reply Mark What about army records for WW2 - like labour camps in Siberia or Germany. My grandmother's brother was sent to Siberia WW2 and she was sent to a Labour Camp in Germany I think. I'm not sure why they were sent there - they were Estonian, I think maybe as prisoners of war???...

I am just going to start researching my great grandfather - Alexander Mednis. He was born in Estonia circa late 1800's - he enlisted in the Soviet/Russian Army in 1918. I would like to know more about his time in the Army - could anyone recommend any resources that would be helpful. One of his child...

Thanks for the reply Adrian, that clears things up.

thanks for all your help, Rebecca

Hi Linell, Yes, that is exactly them in 1841 and 51 census. Sorry, I should have posted the census details myself I can't find George and Maria 1861. Although Maria is around in 1871 living with her daughter. Maria Bryant (nee Thomas). They are living in Willesden, Middlesex. It states that their ol...

Hi, I am researching a George Thomas born 1807. It says on 1851 census that he was born in "Auly Green", Staffordshire. I don't think that such a place exists but I did some research and I think that there are places called Adderly Green or Abbey Green in Staffordshire so I think that it i...

Hello again, I have been doing more research on William Shaw B. 1857, Lanarkshire - and found out that he died 1882. I have been trying to trace him back into scotland with no luck - I have searched through all the records on Scotlands people with no matches to his date of birth and the name that he...

Thankyou Adrian!

Rebecca

Hi Adrian, I've been so busy over the last few days that I haven't even checked the thread.... Sure, I know that during ww1 William Charles was in and out of hospital. He was posted in the Expeditionary Force in France on the 5th of February 1916. He was in hospital on 11 March to the 18th 1916 and ...

thanks, Adrian. I appreciate all the info

So, do you have a particular interest in the war? You have alot of knowledge about it.

thanks

Thanks again, Adrian. Yes, I think you are right, William Charles Shaw b.1881, was not in the 1st Boer War. He was a part of the British Garrison in South Africa - at the moment I would be interested to know where he was based during his time in South Africa if it's at all possible to find that out....

if you send for alice maud birth cert this link might help m thankyou for that peterd I have been reading and re-reading through the thread to try and figure it all out.It's confusing because they're all related and living together and there are so many names. So, to sum it all up. Mary Powell marr...

thank you for all that information I will definately try to conact them. thankyou very much for your help, what website did you use for that census information? I've only been using freecen and church of latter day saints database so far and they haven't been that helpful yet. I was wondering if per...

poss alice maud powell ? Glamorgan and Monmouthshire area Births Sep 1889 Powell Alice Maud Pontypridd 11a 452 Births Mar 1890 Powell Alice Maud Pontypool 11a 166 was there a reason for her to get married in bedwelty parents married there ? parents buried there ? or was she born there as census inc...

As for the witnesses at the wedding - I would need to look at the marriage certificate which is with my grandmother. It might take me a few days to get it. I know that one of the witnesses was William Shaw's mother, and I'm not sure about the other person ... you'll have to give me a while, maybe to...

Wow, thankyou so much!! It's taken so many years of people in my family trying to find out where she came from, and it's only taken you all 24 hours! It's all a bit confusing at the moment because there is so much information. So, Alice Maude Gregory was Mary and Robert Gregory's neice? As she was l...