I found my grandfather on the WW2 site and his cousins too, and they were Australian born children of German migrants. Lorrae -----Original Message----- From: Donna Spencer [mailto:donnas@itxperts.com.au] Sent: Sunday, 10 November 2002 10:21 AM To: AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-L@rootsweb.com Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: On the topic of Wars... Werona My Grandfather and Uncle tried to enlist in WWI, but were unable to as they were not naturalised at that stage. Perhaps this helps you. Regards Donna Researching: HAASE/ZUMBANSEN/STECKLING ----- Original Message ----- From: "Werona Armstrong" <werona@bacchus.com.au> To: <AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 4:47 AM Subject: On the topic of Wars... > 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 >