Hi everyone One of my uncles (HAROLD FOX b. 1927 Dewsbury) was in the army and married a German national (VAULTRAUT SCHMIDT (SCHMIT?) while serving in Germany. They had one child, a girl named MARVIN. The family lived in Germany and we only met the wife and child once when they came over to stay with us in the 1950 - 60s. Harold died in Borneo in 60s - 70s whilst still serving in the army. We never had any other contact with the family and none of Harold's siblings are still living. Having lost contact with the children of all Harold's siblings, I don't know anyone who would know what happened to the wife and child. Presumably they stayed on living in Germany. How would I find the marriage and death records for Harold since they didn't take place in this country? Does anyone know of a website where such records will be traceable? Thanks. Jean

Hi Jean, You may be able to find some information on the Familyrelatives.com website. They have records for overseas bmds, although whether they cover the period of years or geographical area you need, I'm not sure. Some of the records are free to search, however you will have to subscribe to access others. http://www.familyrelatives.com/information/info_detail.php?id=100 Hope it helps! Regards, Sally ---------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:41:35 +0000 > Subject: [WRY] Advice please on finding overseas (army) BMD records > > Hi everyone > > One of my uncles (HAROLD FOX b. 1927 Dewsbury) was in the army and married a German national (VAULTRAUT SCHMIDT (SCHMIT?) while serving in Germany. They had one child, a girl named MARVIN. The family lived in Germany and we only met the wife and child once when they came over to stay with us in the 1950 - 60s. Harold died in Borneo in 60s - 70s whilst still serving in the army. We never had any other contact with the family and none of Harold's siblings are still living. Having lost contact with the children of all Harold's siblings, I don't know anyone who would know what happened to the wife and child. Presumably they stayed on living in Germany. How would I find the marriage and death records for Harold since they didn't take place in this country? Does anyone know of a website where such records will be traceable? Thanks. > > Jean > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message