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I probably didn't handle this thread properly. The Morris history is complete. On the Barretts, we have everything but the ship they arrived on. We found a ship out of Liverpool 1891 they had tickets for, but their names were crossed off the list, and NOB was written, which is supposed to mean "Not On Board". The Myerses: We know when the wife and children arrived. James the husband, and Joseph the elder son came earlier. This is on that thread Shelly referred to. Jonas Hilbert is mentioned on this thread. The problem is there were two or more Jonas Hilberts in America at the time (according to familysearch), and I'm not sure the one Kevin found is my great great grandfather. In summary, I'm looking for the Barrett's voyage: Elizabeth, Amy and Ada Barrett, James and Joseph Myers on a ship together from England, and any other Jonas Hilberts coming from Germany, especially if they are accompanied by an adult, because Jonas appears to have made the trip as a boy or , at least, a teenager.  Thanks,  Josh

Jacquie, You helped me before. Thanks again. I found a site called canadiansoldiers.com, where you can leave questions, not about particular soldiers, but battalions and regiments. Harry's group was the Canadian Highlanders. They were used as replacements for two other Canadian battalions that arrived in France earlier, and had massive losses in the trenches. They might be a good resource for you to refer people to if they know their ancestor's battalion # or you can find it. They specialize in the history of Canadian batallions in every war and can tell you what work a particular unit was engaged in. There's a long chart with every battalion in Canadian history you can use to find the battallion if you know the date a person served and the region he came from, or the date and region if you know the battalion. Thanks, Guys for all your help.  Josh

Thanks, Kevin. That's exactly what I was looking for.  Josh

I have a complete history of Harry Morris in England, Canada and the U.S., but his service in the Canadian O.E.F. is a blank. Can I get information on his unit, commanders, etc. so I can look them up in a history book and briefly describe what my great grandfather did and where he was in WW1?

Here's information on Harry Morris. He was born Dec. 31, 1881 in Bolton, Lancashire, England. He was married in Bolton Sept. 7, 1906 to Beatrice Alice Leeder. They had two children in England then immigrated to Canada in 1910 or 1911. He lived in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, had two more children there, and worked for the Prudential Insurance Company fromn 1910-1918, when he enlisted in the Canadian Army. I don't need a lot of detail, just enough to answer the basic questions my family will ask me. Thanks,  Josh