Hi all, I just wanted to post something slightly off topic but not really. I just got 2 world war 1 dossier's from the national archives of australia. I cannot believe the information involved. HEAPS. So if you have any rellies in ww1 you want info on i'd recommend doing this, costs about $15 per dossier. Cheers, Ainslee http://ainslee.fourdegrees.com/

Dear Ainslee, The Australian War Memorial has microfilm of WW1 dairies and copies of some personal diaries which help considerable in filling in the details. If you are ever in Canberra I highly recommend a week in their research centre. See AWM website for details of their holdings. They are also embarking on the long process of putting all WW2 diaries on the net. Hope this helps, Pauline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ainslee" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 24 January 2002 6:13 Subject: [AUS-GERMAN] Aren't i a naughty list admin? > Hi all, > I just wanted to post something slightly off topic but not really. > > I just got 2 world war 1 dossier's from the national archives of australia. I cannot believe the information involved. HEAPS. So if you have any rellies in ww1 you want info on i'd recommend doing this, costs about $15 per dossier. Cheers, Ainslee > http://ainslee.fourdegrees.com/ > > ______________________________

Ainslie, I just thought I would respond to your comments. I have no particular interest in who begat who so really I am not into genealogy as we seem to know it. My interest is in history and in particular the Germanic migration to Australia in the 19th century. I have found this and other lists invaluable for my research. In history books we get what academics write and generally that is taken from official documents and books written by other academics. The exciting thing about these lists are that one is getting history from people as they recall it or as they have been told it by their ancestors. This makes it very personal but more important from my aspect more realistic. Perhaps the memories are not as accurate as we would like but it is how each individual remembers it and that is what I find important. I started out with intent of writing a small book which I do in my old age as a hobby, but I now have enough material to write a dozen small books. perhaps one day soon I will achieve my goal and maybe somebody might even read one of them. The reasons I came onto this list was to try and unveil the story of Germanic settlement outside of South Australia and Queensland. You would be surprised how much I have put together in a few months. Mind you the story has still not started to come out. WE of Germanic descendants have a proud historical story to be told. I reckon we should all stand up proudly to tell it because rural Australia might never have been developed as a European nation if that is what we are but for the tenacity, ingenuity and commitment of these people. So I say keep the stories coming even if they do not tell you fathered who and when. Let us talk a lot more about why, when , how and where. Just thought I would share those thoughts with you Albert Grulke -----Original Message----- From: Ainslee [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, 24 January 2002 6:14 To: [email protected] Subject: [AUS-GERMAN] Aren't i a naughty list admin? Hi all, I just wanted to post something slightly off topic but not really. I just got 2 world war 1 dossier's from the national archives of australia. I cannot believe the information involved. HEAPS. So if you have any rellies in ww1 you want info on i'd recommend doing this, costs about $15 per dossier. Cheers, Ainslee http://ainslee.fourdegrees.com/ ==== AUS-GERMAN Mailing List ==== For your Aus-German resources go to http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~ainslee_hooper/germlinks.htm ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237