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Family History Research
by the Green Howards Regimental Museum
We would like to make it clear that the Green Howards, - including the Museum
of the Green Howards in Richmond, does not carry out research on behalf of private
individuals. If you have any specific enquiries, we will be happy
to try and answer them. However, with many thousands of personnel having
served with the Regiment over the past two centuries or so, it becomes an extremely
difficult task to answer a large number of semi-specific enquiries. Please
try and find out as much as possible about the soldier concerned BEFORE
directing any queries in the way of the this Web site or the Museum.
If you are just starting out, and are NEW
TO FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH, you may care to read some of the advice which
is provided on the Friends
of the Green Howards website BEFORE contacting us. If so, please
select the link immediately below.
If you have some experience, even if limited,
and have some information on your ancestor you will need to provide the following
(AS A MINIMUM) before we can help you;-
Army Number
Rank
Battalion served in. and
Dates of Service.
You may find some of these details on the rim or reverse of the campaign medals,
if you have them. However, it is more than likely that you will have
to conduct some research using public records in order to obtain this information.
The
Friends of the Green Howards website provides guidance on conducting this research,
including links to other websites and a list of books that may help you.
If you have the above necessary information,
the staff at the Green Howards Museum may then be able to conduct some detailed
research.
To cover the costs of providing somebody to carry out research on your behalf,
we will need to charge an initial £20.
Depending on the amount of work carried out on your behalf, the final cost may
be higher. All work will be carried out at the rate of £15 per hour, with copying
and postage charges additional.
There is no guarantee that there are any records or photographs of the ancestor
or relative you might be researching.
If you would like the Museum to carry out any research on your behalf, - typically
for finding out something about the military career of a relative of yours,
please use the procedure in Request for Research
and post this (with your remittance) to the Museum at the address shown on the
form provided.
Useful Addresses, Web Sites, and Contacts.
To help find out more about your ancestor or relative, there is a page on the
Friends
of the Green Howards website which provides the addresses of some useful
organisations which may assist you in your research.
This site also provides you with a number of useful
addresses on the World Wide Web, to provide guidance and a starting point
for your research.
On
the Friends website there is a page linking to Family History Case Studies.
Research into the lives of men who served and fought with the Regiment
throughout its history are presented here. The stories illustrate some
of the work needed to carry out research into an ancestor's military career,
and how the resources of the Museum - together with other records - were utlised.
Finally, there are two excellent guide books for those carrying out research
into the military history of an ancestor or a relative;-
Army Records for Family Historians by Simon Fowler published by
the Public Records Office
and
Tracing your Family History - Army issued by the Imperial War Museum,
Lambeth Road, London SE1 6HZ
Both books are invaluable resourses to help in such research.
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