Please what is the address for WW1 nominal rolls, I have found the WW2 very good indeed - have spent many hours on it. Thank you Lorraine Werona Armstrong wrote: > Has anyone else noticed that their German ancestors are not present on any > of the nominal rolls? I have looked through WWI and WWII nominal rolls and > found none of my SEEMANN ancestors. I even tried many different spellings > that were anglicised. I know that during the war the family dropped the > final "n" to avoid appearing "German" but perhaps there was still a loyalty > to the motherland which caused them not to fight? However, they > immigrated in 1862 so quite a long time had passed since leaving - and it > would have been grandchildren and great grandchildren going to war - all > whom would have been born in Australia. > > Any comments? > > Regards > Werona > > ==== AUS-QLD-SE-Germans Mailing List ==== > A List for the research of the descendants of the Germans who migrated to South East Queensland, Australia. > > ============================== > 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

Hi Lorraine, Here it is...it's a part of the Australian War Memorial Site - it also has a nominal roll for the Boar War as well. http://www.awm.gov.au/database/133.asp Have fun with it! Werona At 12:01 PM 11/10/2002 +1000, you wrote: >Please what is the address for WW1 nominal rolls, I have found the WW2 >very good indeed - have spent many >hours on it. Thank you > >Lorraine > >Werona Armstrong wrote: > > > Has anyone else noticed that their German ancestors are not present on any > > of the nominal rolls? I have looked through WWI and WWII nominal rolls and > > found none of my SEEMANN ancestors. I even tried many different spellings > > that were anglicised. I know that during the war the family dropped the > > final "n" to avoid appearing "German" but perhaps there was still a loyalty > > to the motherland which caused them not to fight? However, they > > immigrated in 1862 so quite a long time had passed since leaving - and it > > would have been grandchildren and great grandchildren going to war - all > > whom would have been born in Australia. > > > > Any comments? > > > > Regards > > Werona > > > > ==== AUS-QLD-SE-Germans Mailing List ==== > > A List for the research of the descendants of the Germans who migrated > to South East Queensland, Australia. > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > >==== AUS-QLD-SE-Germans Mailing List ==== >A List for the research of the descendants of the Germans who migrated to >South East Queensland, Australia. > >============================== >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