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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Depositions to the Japan War Crimes Tribunal
« on: Monday 10 June 24 17:41 BST (UK) »
Thank you very much for checking this for me. I must admit I had not considered the 100 year embargo!
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Depositions to the Japan War Crimes Tribunal
« on: Sunday 09 June 24 21:51 BST (UK) »
Thank you very much. That's very kind of you.
I live in Kent, so the Library is not really accessible for me.
Your help is appreciated.
I live in Kent, so the Library is not really accessible for me.
Your help is appreciated.
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Depositions to the Japan War Crimes Tribunal
« on: Sunday 09 June 24 10:37 BST (UK) »
Thank you, that is very helpful.
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Family History Beginners Board / Depositions to the Japan War Crimes Tribunal
« on: Saturday 08 June 24 16:39 BST (UK) »
I have been trying to locate copies of the depositions made by British ex-POW's to the Japan War Crimes Tribunal after the end of the Second World War (in 1946 I think).
My father was a POW in Sakurajima Camp Osaka, from 1941 (fall of Hong Kong) to 1945.
He made a deposition to the Tribunal, which I believe he said was held in Aberystwyth. I recall seeing a copy of this many years ago, but sadly I can no longer find this.
I assume that depositions were kept, and that they have been archived somewhere, but I cannot seem to find any clue as to where this might be. I searched the War Museum and the National Archives, but nothing seemed to be listed in their collections.
I would be very grateful for any information on this.
Thank you.
My father was a POW in Sakurajima Camp Osaka, from 1941 (fall of Hong Kong) to 1945.
He made a deposition to the Tribunal, which I believe he said was held in Aberystwyth. I recall seeing a copy of this many years ago, but sadly I can no longer find this.
I assume that depositions were kept, and that they have been archived somewhere, but I cannot seem to find any clue as to where this might be. I searched the War Museum and the National Archives, but nothing seemed to be listed in their collections.
I would be very grateful for any information on this.
Thank you.
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Family History Beginners Board / Advice on printing out a family tree
« on: Thursday 09 May 24 17:10 BST (UK) »
This may seem like a silly question - but -
I have a family tree on Ancestry.com which now has around 1,800 names. Several family members have asked if I can do a print-out of this material.
Well, it seems possible via Ancestry to print a tree one page at a time, but this would result in a completely unusable pile of sheets that could never satisfactorily be united.
I recall seeing in the past a service that prints out the tree in "book form" using a ged.com file as source material.
I wondered if anyone knew of the company that does this (or any other similar service), if anyone has previously done this and if so how successful was the outcome?
Any advice would be welcome.
Thanks, Regards, Paul.
I have a family tree on Ancestry.com which now has around 1,800 names. Several family members have asked if I can do a print-out of this material.
Well, it seems possible via Ancestry to print a tree one page at a time, but this would result in a completely unusable pile of sheets that could never satisfactorily be united.
I recall seeing in the past a service that prints out the tree in "book form" using a ged.com file as source material.
I wondered if anyone knew of the company that does this (or any other similar service), if anyone has previously done this and if so how successful was the outcome?
Any advice would be welcome.
Thanks, Regards, Paul.
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: RAF records abbreviations
« on: Thursday 09 May 24 16:57 BST (UK) »
Thanks for these replies.
Of course, Telst refers to telephony - when I mentioned this to my sister she immediately confirmed that our Mother had trained as a telephonist - and that training must have been during her service in the WRAF, 1942-46.
Regards, Paul.
Of course, Telst refers to telephony - when I mentioned this to my sister she immediately confirmed that our Mother had trained as a telephonist - and that training must have been during her service in the WRAF, 1942-46.
Regards, Paul.
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Family History Beginners Board / RAF records abbreviations
« on: Wednesday 08 May 24 08:52 BST (UK) »
I have just received a copy of my Mother's RAF service record from 1942/46.
I have managed to decipher most of the jargon and abbreviations used, but there are two things that have completely foxed me -
UT, sometimes ut (which I assumed had something to do with training?)
Telst (appears to refer to a job or skill)
If it is any help, my Mum served with barrage balloon squadrons.
I would appreciate any help with this.
Thank you,
Paul.
I have managed to decipher most of the jargon and abbreviations used, but there are two things that have completely foxed me -
UT, sometimes ut (which I assumed had something to do with training?)
Telst (appears to refer to a job or skill)
If it is any help, my Mum served with barrage balloon squadrons.
I would appreciate any help with this.
Thank you,
Paul.
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London and Middlesex / Pauline Richards
« on: Tuesday 12 July 22 15:23 BST (UK) »
I am new to this group, so please excuse any errors in protocol.
I wonder if any members have suggestions on how to locate birth family details of someone who was adopted prior to formal records being kept.
My Mother - birth name Pauline Richards, was born in Stockwell in 1922. Her Father, Henry Richards, was a milk roundsman and her mother was Martha (ne. Evans). We have a copy of her birth certificate which she must have acquired when she joined the WRAF in 1939. She was adopted shortly after birth. We have been unable to locate any details about her family. We had been told that she had a sister (but we have no proof of this).
I have consulted the 1921 census, but there is no record of a Richards family living at the address that appears on her birth certificate.
We know that she served during WW2 in the Women's Royal Air Force, and that she was stationed at Scapa Flow for a time. Unfortunately, her service records no longer exist.
She was born in the Clapham Maternity Hospital, and I recently checked with the London Metropolitan Archives to see if any birth records exist for this period - unfortunately, there is nothing.
I have completely run out of ideas, and I just wondered if anyone has researched a similar situation, and might have any suggestions of how I might proceed.
Thanks in advance.
I wonder if any members have suggestions on how to locate birth family details of someone who was adopted prior to formal records being kept.
My Mother - birth name Pauline Richards, was born in Stockwell in 1922. Her Father, Henry Richards, was a milk roundsman and her mother was Martha (ne. Evans). We have a copy of her birth certificate which she must have acquired when she joined the WRAF in 1939. She was adopted shortly after birth. We have been unable to locate any details about her family. We had been told that she had a sister (but we have no proof of this).
I have consulted the 1921 census, but there is no record of a Richards family living at the address that appears on her birth certificate.
We know that she served during WW2 in the Women's Royal Air Force, and that she was stationed at Scapa Flow for a time. Unfortunately, her service records no longer exist.
She was born in the Clapham Maternity Hospital, and I recently checked with the London Metropolitan Archives to see if any birth records exist for this period - unfortunately, there is nothing.
I have completely run out of ideas, and I just wondered if anyone has researched a similar situation, and might have any suggestions of how I might proceed.
Thanks in advance.
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