Genealogy Chat

Christine, I have sent you an email reply already but would like to thank you again on here. As well as Alexandra Rd, I have also found the info from the CWGC, which I agree, is an excellent site. There doesn't seem to be a will though but maybe I'll try and investigate that route further. Thanks again Regards Caroline

Hi It's on the (excellent) Commonwealth War Graves Commission Website - which has a search function. http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/search.aspx You can print off a certificate with a picture of the relevant memorial. there are instructions on how to find the memorial. There is info about when memorial ceremonies are held. The CWGC site doesn't seem to work very well if you don't use either Explorer or Netscape - pref Explorer. My great uncle is listed on it. Christine

Christine where did you get that record from please as I am trying to trace my uncle who was killed in the War died a Hero

Was he this one? Surname Rank Service Date of Death Age Regiment Nationality Grave/Memorial Ref. Cemetery/Memorial Name FOSTER, EDWARD THOMAS Private 11777 01/04/1915 Unknown Devonshire Regiment United Kingdom Panel 3 PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL Have you tried to see if you can get his WW1 service record from Kew? About 30-40% of the records did survive the WW2 blitz, so you may be lucky. If so, it has info about his appearance, next of kin, and a copy of the significant part of any Will he may have made. That would, possibly, name his children? Christine

If you can find the parents' marriage cert, it will give Dorothy's maiden name. You can use that to check the possible children's births - I think the mother's maiden name started being added to the indexes in 1911. Failing that, you can use her maiden name as a checking point when ordering the certs- still pricey, but cheaper than ordering all of them on spec! Nell

Has anyone got any ideas on how I can go about finding 3 lost children??? I have a rellie (Edward Thomas FOSTER) who died in WW1 and we know from family letters that he left a wife (Dorothy) and 3 young ones. Although one letter dated 1919 tells us that "Edwards eldest is now 11" not one of the letters actually gives ANY names of the children!!!! I've gone through the index at great length and expense and have printed off all those that may be relevant ie. born Redruth area. I suppose I could start ordering certificate for those that seem most likely but there are quite a few of them and I was hoping that someone might be able to come up with a better idea (other than waiting years for the 1911 census of course! LOL) These 3 children are the missing links of a very big family that spreads over to the US and Australia and would very nearly complete it......PLEASE HELP!!!!! TIA Caroline

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