2006-06-21 22:40:34 · 10 answers · asked by price_dave 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
the national archives will have his military papers
2006-06-22 00:01:19 · answer #1 · answered by longhunter17692002 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Start with confirming what you know about the ancestor. Check the census information. If his name was John Smith that could be difficult.
Did he go home to see his parents after the war? Did he go for job training or college?
What nationality was he? Was he an American or an immigrant? Since Yahoo answers is international, the answers to your question will be very different if we are talking about someone who lived in Germany.
While the LDS (familysearch.org) has some good records, they are not the only ones to check. What church did he attend? If he moved, they may have records that show where he moved, since he may have contacted the church for information before getting married.
Did he get married? Did he have children? If he did or didn't maybe he belong to a Veteran's organization, or some kind of club that may have records you can check.
Did he change his name?
Once you answer these question, then check for any military information.
Also, do a yahoo search by his name and see who you come up with. Someone with the same name now, may be a grandchild.
Good luck.
2006-06-22 08:42:26 · answer #2 · answered by femalegtrst 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to be accurate in tracing people start with death certificates. If you know their name, place of birth and rough date of birth, go to the Family Records Office in Islington, London and look back through the books until you find the death certificate.
This will give you their address and the names of parents etc. You could, once you have got the death certificate, try looking up to see if they had a will, this often provides useful clues.
The public record office at Kew has many records and there is the 1901 census on line now, which he should be on, its alphabetic.
If you know his regiment in the war, you can check what medals he was issued with.
2006-06-23 12:34:14 · answer #3 · answered by Beebee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what country they fought for, or what citizenship they held. The National Archives should be able to help you, or the Department of National Defence.
2006-06-24 15:21:15 · answer #4 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming he was British, the National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office) in Kew, London, will hold medal rolls. You can search them free and buy copies of the medal cards at their website (see below).
If he was Canadian, you can search their archives at http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02010602_e.html
2006-06-27 13:49:18 · answer #5 · answered by AC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a web site for WWI and also Dave Dwiggins and his wife are in the Philippines taking pictures of the Manila American Cemetery and the "Tablets of the Missing". I thought I had his web site, but I do have Dave's email address: zenas5@yahoo.com you can contact him for his web site. He is a great source for information of who is their. I just received an email this, he is contacting relatives to get pictures of those who were killed there.
I went back to my email from Dave, he only sent me the Indiana site. But, you can contact him from there also.
2006-06-22 12:21:49 · answer #6 · answered by Dottie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use some tracing paper and a pencil
2006-06-29 04:35:45 · answer #7 · answered by El Mariachi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he served the USA,
http://www.archives.gov/
will help you get copies of his service records.
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
and
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
are the biggest free sites for genealogy.
Off the net, call his children, if they are still living, and ask about him - favorite stories, how it changed him, where he was, what he did afterwards, etc.
2006-06-22 09:19:07 · answer #8 · answered by Stuart King 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
read the story of babalon
2006-06-28 05:16:58 · answer #9 · answered by Neil G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ancestry.com
2006-06-22 05:42:34 · answer #10 · answered by double v 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋