https://www.flickr.com/photos/illust...ce=govdelivery photos of soldiers from the North East who had been injured or had died in the first world war, from the Illustrated Chronicle, released by Newcastle libraries. (To search the resource, click on the magnifying glass above the top right picture and then enter a name in the search box.)
After decades of fruitless contacts with other researchers, this afternoon I finally explored this site again and discovered an old newspaper image of my father's older half-brother. I am in bits and bawling like a baby, but with tears of joy. The image is very pixilated, but there is a strong family likeness between Irish granny, the dead WW1 soldier, my father, my sailor cousin lost in WW2 and me. Those Irish genes were very strong!
I cannot describe how euphoric I'm feeling right now. Even better than the day some years ago when I finally discovered the same soldier's partial remaining army service record misfiled and filmed in amongst the paperwork of another soldier. (That was truly a falling off the chair moment.)
For any newbies to family history, my message has always been NEVER give up. Try, try, try again - you just never know when ANY internet resource might be updated, revamped or added to.
Jay
After decades of fruitless contacts with other researchers, this afternoon I finally explored this site again and discovered an old newspaper image of my father's older half-brother. I am in bits and bawling like a baby, but with tears of joy. The image is very pixilated, but there is a strong family likeness between Irish granny, the dead WW1 soldier, my father, my sailor cousin lost in WW2 and me. Those Irish genes were very strong!
I cannot describe how euphoric I'm feeling right now. Even better than the day some years ago when I finally discovered the same soldier's partial remaining army service record misfiled and filmed in amongst the paperwork of another soldier. (That was truly a falling off the chair moment.)
For any newbies to family history, my message has always been NEVER give up. Try, try, try again - you just never know when ANY internet resource might be updated, revamped or added to.
Jay
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