[Bigshot]

First of all: let me introduce myself. I am a Dutch citizen.

Recently I adopted a grave of an American soldier during the Second World War, on the Margraten Cemetery in Holland. I adopted the grave of the following individual:

Name: Robert E. Nurse
Rank: Private
Army Serial Number: 11086809
Unit: 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division[/font][/SIZE][/font]
Date of dead: 23rd September 1944

When I started searching on the Internet, I only found the following information: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/wardept/pframe.asp?HonoreeID=1256025&popcount=1&tcount=2 . As you can see, he came from Suffolk County, MA. That's the reason why I post this message. Does anyone know a way to get more information on persons with the name "Nurse" in Suffolk County? Doew anyone knows a way to get more information about him? Archives? Libraries? Anything else?

Thanks a lot in advance for all your courtesy,

Kindest Regards.

[scarletfire]

What kind of information are you looking for? My dad does a lot of geneology research at the Boston Public Library. They might be able to give you some advice. Or perhaps a local veteran's organization would keep such records. I wonder if this site could help as well. They seem to be run by volunteers who help with people searches: Massachusetts Free Genealogy Look Ups from GeneaSearch Lookup Volunteers

Best of luck!!

[Bigshot]

Dear Scarletfire,

Thank you very much for your speed reply! I'm trying to find some people who knew him: brothers, sisters, his wife, maybe a child, neighbours etc.

I am trying to get information about him. I adopted the grave and know it's my wish to find more information about him. I have already some contacts with veterans from his unit, but they can't provide me with information, stories or photographs about his youth.

Thanks for the link. I'll take a look there and try something. Maybe your father can help me?

Kindest Regards.



PS: I was a little bit clumsy in my first post. The information about Robert Nurse was a speed copy-paste from Outlook which brought a lot of codes with it.

[CaseyB]

I was contacted by the OP of this thread today, and I told him I would move it to the People Search forum to see what you guys could come up with!

FYI: Suffolk County is Boston, Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop.