As part of the Roots Tech conference a late night at the family history library was arranged for attendees and guests. After meeting me for the Friday night halibut special at Little America, Kevin and I went the the library to check out the party! With a special screening of the season premiere of "Who Do You Think You Are" being broadcast on the big screen, interest was high. We headed to the US floor where I wanted to show Kevin a new paid website I had heard about earlier today called Fold3. They are a site dedicated to digitizing military records and are available for no charge at the family history library and family history centers. We were planning on spending just a few minutes to check out the website and head home. Then we found it--detailed information on Kevin's uncle, Charles Robins, who was shot down while in the ball turret of a B-17 over Germany in WWII.
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| Eyewitness Report of Plane Crash of Charles Robins |
There were witness descriptions of the crash, details about the plane, details about the crew and what happened to them. Things we had never known before which had been "classified" until recently. Suddenly they were there before our eyes and available to copy and read in our own home!
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| Report of the capture of Charles Robins |
We also found pension records on our two Mormon Battalion ancestors: Ephriam Hanks and Robert Harris, Jr. Needless to say our anticipated short stay was a long one--we didn't leave the library until well after 9 p.m.!
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