We can hardly imagine the difficulty in the past when trying to locate a family member who had left the country and was travelling, for we are now so used to almost instant communication. A look back to just before the Second World War serves as a reminder of the good fortune we now have, and the worry and concern that people had then.
The Belgian aristocratic family with the four-word surname of de Crombrugghe de Looringhe was based in Bruges, the capital and largest city of the province
