A soldier's record, found after 80 years
The family knew he served in the First World War. They knew he came home. But beyond that — nothing. Here's how a single attestation paper opened four generations of silence.
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"After 80 years of silence, we found his service record. A soldier came home — at least in memory."
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The family knew he served in the First World War. They knew he came home. But beyond that — nothing. Here's how a single attestation paper opened four generations of silence.
Read the story →A Ukrainian family left their village in 1903. Passenger lists, a homestead file, and a 1916 census entry traced them across an ocean and two provinces.
Read the story →He arrived as one name and lived as another. A quirk in a ship's manifest and a naturalization record finally made the connection after three years of searching.
Read the story →Tell me what you know about your family — even if it's very little — and I'll explain what records may be available and what we might be able to find together.
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