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Finding information on relations in the war

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Sidami

Sidami Report 8 Nov 2021 15:29

Thankyou

Researching:
Ringrose from Countesthorpe Lord and Burley from Countesthorpe...Dixon Dawson Wood and Wilkinson from Caistor ,Starkey and Wood from Edendam. Hare from Horncastle.

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 8 Nov 2021 11:38

Ancestry are offering free access to UK military records until 12 November.

Researching:

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 8 Nov 2021 10:18

When helping people do their family history I often tell them to repeat the mantra ‘Google is my friend’. Other search engines work just as well.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 8 Nov 2021 09:52


You don't give any indication of which War.................

https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/military_chat/thread/1380443

greyghost

greyghost Report 7 Nov 2021 23:02

So much info on the Military Chat Thread in particular about availability of Service records.

Ancestry and FMP hold WW1 records and TNA. There's also the Forces War Records site - membership required.

AG makes suggestions above too.

Your question isn't too clear as to exactly what it is you want.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 7 Nov 2021 22:44

What do you mean by "families war records?

If you mean records of people who were in the forces, here's a link to info and order forms for ordering service records

https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records

They cost £30 and can take several months to arrive.


If you mean records of civilians - there aren't any, apart from normal births, deaths, marriages, which will just show up in the normal way, on FreeBMD, Ancestry, FMP or other sites.
The 1939 Register might help slightly with info about civilians at the start of WW2, or forces personnel who happened to be on leave in September 1939.

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

Sidami

Sidami Report 7 Nov 2021 22:38

Please can some one give me the website to order families war records Thankyou

Researching:
Ringrose from Countesthorpe Lord and Burley from Countesthorpe...Dixon Dawson Wood and Wilkinson from Caistor ,Starkey and Wood from Edendam. Hare from Horncastle.