This week
- Lovers Graves I [using Ancestry] -
- Lovers Graves II [using familysearch.org] -
- War Dead, Rolls of Honour, Cemeteries etc
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Exercises
- Own research
MAIN SESSION TODAY IS ON TRACING FAMILY MEMBERS WHO FELL IN THE TWO WORLD WARS - including civilians of WW2
COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION http://www.cwgc.org
- Here you may find personal and service details and places of commemoration for the 1.7 million members of the Commonwealth forces (including the United Kingdom and former colonies) who died in the First or Second World Wars, as well as a record of some 60,000 civilian casualties of the Second World War provided without details of burial location. The cemeteries and memorials where these names are commemorated are located in over 150 countries. Provided freely on the Internet courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
National Archives – War records www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Campaign Medals http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory/medals/?homepage=mh-medals
General Info http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory/army/step5.htm
THANKFUL VILLAGES
WHAT IS A THANKFUL VILLAGE - Is there a Thankful Village in Ceredigion? See EXERCISES
ENGLISH CEMETARY in FLORENCE, Italy http://www.florin.ms/cemetery.html
This site holds a record of the graves in the ENGLISH cemetary in FLORENCE (Italy). Fantastic site. The cemetary, (as we all know !) is the final resting place of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, but it also holds the bones of the first wife of Holman Hunt, also the bones of Walter Savage Landor (who had a sad old age) and others of literary interest. From a Family History point of view it is a delight, because the female records also give maiden names which is the European/Italian tradition. There are Welsh bones interred here. Click here for list also Irish, Scottish, and many English graves. The website has a guide to the "codes" used in the register, including this one:- " ° =living descendants, relatives, researchers" - which might be useful for our own research purposes. Please sign the petition to keep the cemetary (Swiss owned) open and cared for.
EXERCISES for USING COMMONWEALTH WARGRAVES click here!
Useful website: http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/wales.htm - all sorts of links...
Various Links - National Library Wales
RICHARDS Cilcennin LINK - OHIO -
Crime and Punishment LLGC link - any relatives here ?!
