My Trails into the Past

This is the continuing story of George J. Gorrell's service during World War II in the Army Air Force, stationed in England, and later in Germany. George J. Gorrell wrote many letters to his family while in the service in England and Germany during World War II. Some of his letters have been saved and I am in the process of scanning them. [1] Most of the saved letters were written to his sister, Ada May. These were written on all different kinds of paper from newsprint to tissue-like paper.  Letter to his sister, Ada Other saved letters written to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Gorrell, and to his sisters, were written as V-Mail. These are small photographs of the letter he wrote. V-Mail sent to his father This style of mail service was inaugurated by the Post Office Department on June 15, 1942. Letters of service men were microfilmed, shipped, and then printed out for the recipient. It saved a lot of weight and space, so other things could be shipped. [2...

Randy Seaver’s Genea-Musing’s post for this week: Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:   It's Saturday Night again -  time for some more Genealogy Fun!!  Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and execute it with precision. Here's your chance to sit on Genea-Santa's lap (virtually) and tell him your Christmas genealogy-oriented wish list: 1) Write your Genea-Santa letter. Have you been a good genealogy girl or boy? What genealogy-oriented items are on your Christmas wish list? They could be family history items, technology items, or things that you want to pursue in your ancestral quest. 2) Tell us about them in your own blog post, in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook Status  post.  Please leave a comment on this post if you write your own post. I have been a very good genea-girl this year. I worked very hard putting together my BCG portfolio and have turned it in. I am now being very patient awaiting the results. ...