Any ideas of how i find our more about who was his next of kin - where he was born etc.
2006-11-22 01:06:49 · 7 answers · asked by auntiebella 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Hey auntiebel...,
I would start with his child that is your grandparent. Get their birth certificate. That may list his Full name and birth location and date (as Father of the child).
Try Family Search. (put in the surname for exact match)
Try GENFORUM (put in the surname, talk to people)
Try some of the other sites below.
If I had his last name I could point you to some records, but you can do that yourself.
2006-11-22 01:20:16 · answer #1 · answered by BuyTheSeaProperty 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Lots of places (I'm assuming if you're using the 1901 census that you're family-hunting in the UK...).
The free births, marriages and deaths is a good one (aka freeBMD).
Military records - the National Archives at Kew are a good place to start - they would point you in the right direction.
Ancestry.co.uk
The 1901 census should give you his age and place of birth, what you can then do, is go back to the 1891 census (which is available online I believe) and see if he is there or not. As he'll be 10 years younger, it is likely to show who he is living with at the time, i.e. wife or parents.
www.genesreunited.com is another good one.
The Mormons are VERY good at keeping family records on people and their records spans continents and centuries. Their website is oft-used by genealogists.
Remember it's all about small clues, like profession and place of birth, and is then a matter of tracking down and matching things up until it all ties together and shows you the way.
Good luck!
2006-11-22 01:14:04 · answer #2 · answered by SilverSongster 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The National Archives in London hold military records and you can search their online catalogue to see if your great-grandfather is mentioned in any of them. If he served in the First World War, there may well be a medal card for him which you can buy for a couple of pounds, and download it from their website.
Otherwise, you can find out more about the service records they have and possibly go along and look it up. If you know what regiment he was in that will help you too.
2006-11-23 22:14:29 · answer #3 · answered by AC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're lucky - quite a few men are missing from the 1901 thanks to a little colonial escapade in Africa....the simple answer is check back to the 1891.
Otherwise a lot depends on his class, rank etc as of course there is more stuff on the posh military types.
2006-11-25 11:52:27 · answer #4 · answered by judipod 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
where did he live, check out who resided with him, check ot the battalion or regimental records ,look for the army list for medals and awards,demob records, regimental museams still exsist locate them, find the rank ect.build up a written picture, check the marraige records, do it if you have no date for a marraige by estimating, if he joined the army in 1901 he would be between 16 and 25, so look for marraiges in and around that time, just keep extending the time by a year until you can locate him, army weddings needed permission so a record will be kept in the regimental records they may have them in the hq museam.
hard work but so very rewarding, good luck LF
2006-11-22 01:18:58 · answer #5 · answered by lefang 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
His records should be available-Google the National Archives(I'm assuming you're referrign to the US Army)-you'll have to order via mail, but they should have his full service record available.
2006-11-22 01:15:04 · answer #6 · answered by seamac56 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
ask your familly,n' thell them that you are interviewing your favourite familly,so cool that you granpa has bin in army,he has got lots of sad,but interesting memorys,ask him something...
2006-11-22 01:40:24 · answer #7 · answered by rapp_girrrl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋