Recent content by Gus Wah

Given that airmen would be unlikely to take public transportation to the "ballroom" they attended, the presumption is that there would have been one in the vicinity. In my quest to be authentic, though, it would have been good to have a name.

I'm back to my original question: There was a ballroom presumably somewhere around the Dale End area that RCAF airmen visited. The year was 1944. I'd sure be delighted if someone had a clue what its name might have been. Kindest regards.

Might I ask what was your aunt's name? (You never know ... maybe it's among the names in his journal.)

That's just great, Mikejee and PJMBurns. That's the piece I needed for my little puzzle to make some sense.

Sorry, mikejee, but is Dale a street?

Not to stray too far from the Bodega thread, I'm also curious if there is (or WAS, sorry) a YMCA near the High Street location of the Bodega in 1944. I have a strong hunch now that this is where the men often stayed.

Well, it's apparent that many Canadian boys had discovered a plentiful supply of girls in Birmingham. Additionally they had lots of word-of-mouth advertising from fellow airmen who'd been there. When my father attended B'ham he was stationed at Wellesbourne. Tholthorpe was his final posting...

What two streets are at the corner of this Crown? Might they be Heath Mill Lane and High Street? Bear in mind that I'm in a different country.

I've always loved this site, but only now have I discovered this thread on the Crown pub in B'ham. It's interesting because it's among places mentioned in my father's journal from his time in Britain in 1944. He caroused on more than one occasion at a pub called the Crown. Unfortunately he...

Yes, Stokkie, agreed, and sorry if I made the suggestion there was actual blood involved. One of my tests used saliva and the other used buccal mucosa scrapings.

I think the age has arrived when most civil humans will need to accept that genealogical surprises are not necessarily a consequence of evil.

Well, it's a major problem for me since all four of my grandparents immigrated here FROM FRANCE. The absence of French data appearing on my DNA sites is finally explained.

Carolina, I was not aware of this. Ironically, I have the Heredis software for assimilating and compiling all my family data since I believe that Heredis is leagues beyond all of its competitors. And it's made in France. Wow.

The fundamental premise behind all DNA testing companies is that buying their test will tell you what you would not have otherwise known. And the disappointing reality is that they are essentially out to bleed you with enticements as you search for the truth of your heritage. It is not...

I have done DNA testing with both FamilyTreeDNA and with Ancestry. In a sense, both are money hungry and will continue to pester you for all the expensive features you'd like to have, but as MWS points out, you're probably best choosing one that suits your basic goals. ftDNA's basic package is...