Dear Beverly, You can also get war records directly from the National Archives of Australia. They can be more cheaply and quickly ordered directly yourself ($16 v $40). They will invoice you. WW1 records references can be found from the NAA web site. WW2 you need to know the person's references. There is are books of these at Cannon Hill. I am sure the staff would be most helpful for you in USA if you emailed them. They certainly helpful via telephone. Records can also be ordered by post. At the research centre of the Toowoomba & DD FH Soc we have forms to be posted, so I presume these forms would be widely available at other centres. Cheers Marionne

Dear Beverely and List, Unfortunatly there has been at lot of out of date and misleading information recently posted on the list regarding Boer War, WW1 and WW11 Records. Information for overseas and interstate researchers Re: War Records held in Australia. For copies of Boer War and WW1 dossiers, the best way to access these is by going to the National Archives of Australia (NAA) site on the net <www.nna.gov.au> Using the keyword option type in the surname, if you get too many hits, refine your entry by following the prompts, then try by given name or year, etc. When/if the entry you require appears, click on the blue letters/numbers in the center of the information displayed, this will open another window giving you the options (request digital copy free) or (request copy), there is a limit of only five "free" requests per annum. The best option, click on "Free Digital Copy" and another window will appear. Follow the prompts and fill in all the details required, the dossier/file details will appear automatically, then submit. Follow the same procedure for each request. It is as easy as that! You will need to keep checking the NAA site to see when the icon (view digital image) appears against the entry you have requested. The NAA are presently processing requests lodged before the end of October 2001. Keep a printout of your request, then when you access the NAA home page the date of requests already processed and available for viewing is displayed. Images will then remain easily accessible on line, you can print off the pages required (if you have a good laser printer) or copy the images to a disc and have them printed privately. The best option is to just transcribe the details at your leisure. If the image is not sharp enough, you will have to pay for copies to be sent to you. The downside of this is that when this wonderful service was introduced in March 2001, the NAA did not expect the response to be so great and the turnaround time for requests is now about three months. And only records held in the NAA National office (Canberra) are being processed using digital images at the moment. There are many other files available on request as digital images. The most advantageous for German researchers are the post 1903 Naturalization files, a real plus! Digital images are a boon for folk living in Germany, America, Canada, England, etc, looking for their ancestors in Australia. WW11 Army and RAAF Service Records have all recently been deposited with the NAA Canberra Office from the Soldier Career Management Agency, Melbourne. A charge of $16-20 per record is levied on these documents if you require copies to be posted. RAAF pay cards are usually available free. Army Records AFTER 1945 are only available at Soldier Career Management Agency GPO Box 393D, Melbourne. Victoria 3001. ADDRESS for WW11 records: Defence Service Records WW11, National Archives of Australia, PO Box 7425, Canberra Business Centre, ACT 2610. To view WW11 records phone 1300 886 881 or e-mail ww2@nna.gov.au and arrange to view the records. Information is also on "Fact Sheets" 63, 67, 133, 135, 136, 177 & 206 all available on the net. A copy of the records posted now costs $16-20. For other WW11 service related documents, correspondence files, prisoners of war trust fund files etc. usually held in the Victorian Office of the NAA. Request a photo copy of these documents, e-mail or write to National Archives of Australia PO Box 7425 Canberra Mail Centre ACT 2610 E-mail: ref@naa.gov.au Ph: 1300 886 881 Fax: 1300 886 882. Normal charges of 50 cents a page apply they will invoice you. References on the NAA site also include documents held by the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, the database identifies their location as "AWM". Follow the prompts and print off details of any files that interest you. The research facilities at the "AWM" are great on line, a link to the AWM site is available from the NAA site. It is well worth a visit to Canberra for those researchers who are interested, as many of the "AWM" holdings listed on the NAA database, can usually be photocopied on the spot. Requests for research to be done on your behalf can be very costly. ADDRESS for WW1 records: Service Reords WW1, National Archives of Australia PO Box 7425, Canberra Mail Centre ACT 2610 To view WW1 records request your "Free Digital Copy" go <www.naa.gov.au> A copy of the records costs $16-20 posted. Beverly, there are lots of "Trost" entries on the NAA database (various files and locations). Please contact me off line if you need any further help as there is a limit of only five free digital requests per year available at the moment. Also a big thank you to Marionne for her message re: "War Records" and it does help if the "NX" service number is known. However there have been a few changes regarding processing of WW1 & WW11 records recently but the above details are current. Please note the NSW returned soldiers WW11 files will not be available until after April 2002. Happy hunting. Elizabeth At 06:45 AM 26/01/2002 +1000, you wrote: >Dear Beverly, > >You can also get war records directly from the National Archives of >Australia. They can be more cheaply and quickly ordered directly >yourself ($16 v $40). They will invoice you. WW1 records references can >be found from the NAA web site. WW2 you need to know the person's >references. There is are books of these at Cannon Hill. I am sure the >staff would be most helpful for you in USA if you emailed them. They >certainly helpful via telephone. >Records can also be ordered by post. At the research centre of the >Toowoomba & DD FH Soc we have forms to be posted, so I presume these >forms would be widely available at other centres. >Cheers >Marionne > > >============================== >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 > >