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Hi

I have a great aunt who went to Canada in 1948 wshe was 12 and travelled alone aboard the Aquitania. There is no one of that generation left in my family to ask - she later must have returned to the UK as she married and had several children, eventually dying a couple of years ago in Scotland.

Anyone have any thoughts or theories about what the purpose of the journey was (I know of no relatives in Canada on that side of my tree), whether there was some scheme I don't know about - her parents were both still alive at that point - for travel or anything? I've been puzzling over this for a year or so and have run out of ideas!!

Thanks

gordon

Dear all

My step father in law had an uncle called (variously) Richard (or Dickie) Vey, De Vey, Irons or Dumphy. These are names that he apparently used at various times in his life - its complicated!! Family story has it that he flew with 42 Squadron out of Biggin Hill in Hurricanes, was then posted to Hornchurch and eventually ended up in Maidstone. However, neither of us have been able to find any reference to him anywhere and the chap disappeared some years ago so we can't ask him direct. He claimed to have 9 "kills" in the Battle of Britain - which you would think worthy of note - but nothing. I've checked some of the online lists of those who flew in the BoB, tried (and failed) to find lists of pilots with 42 Sqdn in the early years of the war.

Can anyone help or suggest other places to look? We have tried to obtain his service records but were told that they were not available.

Thanks

gordon

Hi all

Apparently discounted vouchers for scotlandspeople are available in all Scottish libraries -                                              

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0fx9/                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             I suspect this is only for those living in Scotland but still, it might be of use to someone!!

gordon

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Dear all

Before I was introduced to Rootschat, I used (and still do) a vraiety of other sites when trying to uncover my elusive ancestors. These included A******y, GenesReunited, findmypast, electricscotland, rampant scotland, highland and borders family history site... the list goes on.

However, I didn't use many sites where everyone was as helpful and giving as this one. What other sites do you all use and how friendly are they? It might be that there will be those elsewhere who can fill in those missing pieces of our respective jigsaw!!

gordon