Found this on the Bucks UK list . Thought I 'd forward it for general interest Marg Morters Beautiful Central Coast of NSW Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "m.dobson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 08 November 2002 19:18 Subject: [BKM] World War 1 Records > Greetings fellow Bucks Listers > > Did any of your early relatives emigrate to New Zealand in the late 1800s or early 1900s. If so I may be able to be of some assistance in tracing them. > > As an old soldier, over the last year or so I have been part of a team involved in the transcription of the NZ Army Embarkation Records and Reserve Lists for WW1. In the early part it was mainly single men and during transcription I noticed that abut 30% had relatives in the UK as next of kin > > . The CD has just come to hand and it contains 282,000 entries, from a NZ population at the time of approx 1,000,000, basically all males between 20 and 45 plus nurses. Of these about 110,000 went overseas of which approx 18,000 were killed and 43,000 wounded. I checked 23 known eligible descendants of one set of my 2gr grandparents and found them all so it is very comprehensive. > > I will be very happy to do lookups for anyone who may be interested. > > The CD has been financed by the St Johns Branch of the NZSG in Auckland and any eventual profits from sales will be used to finance further projects of a similar nature. For further details on the CD contact me. > > Malcolm Dobson > Gisborne New Zealand > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.410 / Virus Database: 231 - Release Date: 31/10/02 > > ______________________________