Not Scottish ancestry - but any help appreciated

Post by **emanday** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 9:29 pm

My side (Scottish and Irish) I am gradually getting there with some of them, but...

My husband born in Ankara Turkey in 1944, whose ancestry reads like the United Nations, is causing me no end of problems! By the way, my husband served in the Royal Navy for 24 years.

His father was British by reason of HIS Grandfather having been born in Malta. He even worked for the British Consultate/Embassy in Istanbul and Ankara during the WW1 war years. My husband's mother, who worked for the American Embassy in Istanbul and Ankara, was of Greek / Italian ancestry, but her first language was French - just to add to the confusion!

So, you are asking yourself, why am I bringing this up on an essentially Scottish based forum? Well, I'm hoping that someone might have some ideas on how I get information about my late husband's parents.

Why have I suddenly asked this today? Well, today is the ninth anniversary of the date my husband died.

I'd really like to find a way of tracing his ancestry to add his family history to mine, for my kids.

If anyone has any ideas, I'd really welcome any suggestions.

pinkshoes · Post by **pinkshoes** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:04 am

Hello Mary

I'm afraid I haven't got a clue in answer to your question, but I couldn't ignore your post on this anniversary. God bless.

Best wishes
Pinkshoes

Post by **paddyscar** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:11 am

Hi Emanday:

I'd check with your local library, where they may have something on searching in foreign countries and also the Consulate to see if they have any guidelines or pamphlets.

I checked for websites, and I'm sure that a few will lead back to LDS, but some may be independent.

Index for Turkey. This is the university index for the TCS Genealogy for universities in Turkey. Bilkent University (1 entry) http://www.sigact.acm.org/genealogy/index-Turkey.html

http://www.genealogyblog.com/categories/turkey

http://www.genealogylocator.com/results/turkey.html

Turkey Geneology Web Project at www.rootsweb.com/~turwgw

Turkey Genealogy Forum at www.genforum.genealogy.com/turkey/all.html

Best of luck,

Frances

Jockbird · Post by **Jockbird** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:10 am

Hello Mary,

Sorry I didn't see your post yesterday, what a lovely thought and no better day to start.

I've just googled "malta genealogy", with it in the " " and loads of different pages came up, that said, you don't say if you know your husband's grandfather's name.

Wishing you every luck with this search.

Love
Donna

x

Post by **emanday** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 12:28 pm

Thanks Pinkshoes.

I'm going to give those links a try, Frances.

Donna, I hadn't thought of googling that - must have a look.

Unfortunately, we have very little information beyond his parents' names. I know neither he nor his brother and sister ever knew their grandparents and his mother never talked about her parents. The only photographs I've ever seen are only of the immediate family and friends. The only aunts and uncles ever mentioned were "hororary" rather than blood relatives.

I think I may have to contact the relevant Consulates.