I've just hit a motherlode of family history myself in the form of the letters/paperwork my father gathered together while trying to prove to the German pension service that he was entitled to a pension from them for his military service. I knew the whole story in a very sketchy form but this fills in the blanks so, for example, I now know which schools he went to, what regiment he was in, and which four POW camps in Yorkshire he ended up in. I even now know which date he was captured and when he was let go. It's very odd in some ways suddenly finding yourself face to face with concrete facts.
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Date: 2011-01-26 08:37 pm (UTC)I've just hit a motherlode of family history myself in the form of the letters/paperwork my father gathered together while trying to prove to the German pension service that he was entitled to a pension from them for his military service. I knew the whole story in a very sketchy form but this fills in the blanks so, for example, I now know which schools he went to, what regiment he was in, and which four POW camps in Yorkshire he ended up in. I even now know which date he was captured and when he was let go. It's very odd in some ways suddenly finding yourself face to face with concrete facts.