My parents immigrated from the UK to NZ in the 50's, had me and died. As a result I didn't even know the names of g/parents, cousins etc let alone any of their history.
One of the things I wanted to do when I came here was to trace my family tree.
Anyway, moved to Finchley and worked at the local council depot which is an old army base.
Found out my maternal grandfather had also lived in Finchley, only a stones throw from my house. Found his enlistment papers for The Great War - he enlisted (and trained) in November 1915 at Mill Hill Army Barracks. Yes - the very place I work. Shpooky.
ps have since found my gg and ggg-grandads were inspectors in the Met Police. My gggg grandfather was in the Navy and fought those damn Yankees in 1812.
