Genealogy Chat

Ah! The Imperial War Museum! Why didn't I think of that?

Paul I found that Stratford Library was very good for West Ham records. Parts of the Barking Road was destroyed in the Blitz but there were also many other places that would have been blitzed. The Imperial War Museum is also very good for The London Blitz and other bombings that took place. Janet

Gradually clearing away the rubbish, Paul. Thanks for asking. Light at the end of the tunnel ... but no, it's not a train approaching ... :-)

Thanks Marion. How are things back in the forest?

And http://www.essexcc.gov.uk/vip8/ecc/ECCWebsite/dis/guc.jsp?channelOid=13813&guideOid=14788&guideContentOid=14787

Morning, Paul. It looks as if this site may be of help to you - I hope so. http://www.havering.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=3427. .............................................................................. One of my renowned ''gentle interjections'' - no one, I repeat no one, bullies Meercat.

Thanks Andrew and Nell. You just saved me making a fool of myself!

Paul, West Ham is in a completely different part of London from Camden! Nowadays it's in Newham, so you should hopefully find some useful links and addresses using that. Incidentally, West Ham was near the Docks and also had a number of major rail lines passing through Stratford; hence the bombing. Mainly it was a working class and lower middle class area.

I'd say West Ham is too far to walk from Camden and you'd probably have to change buses.

Helen - thanks for that - in fact the house in question would have been West Ham I believe which is not far from Camden. Thanks.

Paul Not sure about other London boroughs, but Camden Archives have a list of bombed buildings in their area. I got this 'Tip' from a talk by the Camden Archivist at the Family History Day organised by BBC Radio London at the British Library in St Pancras. nell

I would suggest that the London Metropolitan Archives would be the place to go. And the relevant borough's local library might also be worth talking to.

Is there a website that lists all the buildings in London destroyed in the war? I have an ancestor that is listed as civilian war dead but it doesn't say why. Could her house have been destroyed by enemy action?