The Shamrock Genealogist

I enjoy researching the military veterans of the family. The records that you can find can tell you so much about their lives and give you a sense of what they encountered during times of peace as well at war. I've highlighted several military ancestors in my blog. I've recently been digging into my 2nd cousin 1x removed, Horace Joseph. Source: Newspapers.com - Daily News 28 July 1944 Horace died on 6 June 1944 in Normandy, France. He was a paratrooper and broke his leg upon impact. He bled out and died. According to his Find a Grave memorial , he tried to use a tourniquet. Apparently, Horace is included in a book , which I plan on getting a copy of at some point.  6/14 Update: Here's an excerpt from the book Enfin Libres that discusses Horace: " The other soldier did not wore no trace of bullet or stab, but a tourniquet he had made himself above the knee revealed the nature of the wound from which he had succumbed.  His parachute having presumably not working, or too ...

 It's been several months since I did my last post. I've had a number of lectures to write and client cases to work on. My personal genealogy research has been increasing slowly during my free time. I even made some breakthroughs in my tree including the following: Confirmed the burial site of my great grandmother Tessie Freundlich and her son, Alfred Schild.  Located an obituary for my great grand-aunt Rose Siegel, sister of my great grandmother Matilda Siegel. It even had a lead on one of her sisters with a married name!  Located a new cousin who shared a picture of my great grandmother Tessie Freundlich, someone who I have never seen photos of. Identifying some more leads on my maternal great grandfather Anton Gailunas' service on a merchant ship during WWI.  Confirmed one of my 2nd great aunts died in Alberta, Canada Obtained a photo of my 2nd great grandmother Eva Bodner's headstone Here are some of my tips that I used to help accomplish the above: Used the powe...