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tracing people in a photo
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:) still smiling :) | Report | 28 May 2009 23:01 |
Hi everyone, |
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:) still smiling :) | Report | 28 May 2009 23:06 |
just to add that I am not entirely sure which letter Gnl Sayer has as a first initial, i know that Mr.Keen is definately an F because it is my great grandads writing and it matches the look of the f in his name too. |
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Nicky | Report | 28 May 2009 23:31 |
Hi, As a starter you could always try looking on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Website - list of those who died during the first and second world war. www.cwgc.org |
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Nicky | Report | 28 May 2009 23:35 |
Sorry, just re-read your post again and see that the photo was taken after the first world war, so the CWGC may not be that helpful after all. You could just try 'googling' the names and see what you come up with. Nicky |
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:) still smiling :) | Report | 28 May 2009 23:43 |
Thanks for your reply Nicky, |
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Nicky | Report | 28 May 2009 23:48 |
I don't know much about the Army and the different ranks, but have just checked the CWGC website to see if there was a General F Keen listed and a Major Frank Keen who was in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps was killed in 1944 aged 49, so it is more than possible he would have also fought in the first world war. It gives the next of kin at the time, so if he was a possible contender, you might be able to use the births, marriages and deaths index to build a skeleton tree and trace any living descendants that way. I've done it before when doing something similar to what you are asking and it takes a bit of doing, but if luck is on your side you can be successful and it is very rewarding to be able to provide someone with a photo that they never knew existed. Good luck |
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:) still smiling :) | Report | 28 May 2009 23:54 |
Oh Nicky that's fabulous. I had decided by the look of Mr Keen that he was around the same age as Freddie (my great Gradnfather) if not a little older so aged 49 in 1944 would make him born around 1895 and only 5 years older than Fred. Thank you very much, i will follow up that link in the morning, my eyes are refusing to stay open at the monet, but i will definately attempt to build a skeleton tree and see if i can trace someone for him. :) |