Brian www.familyrecords.gov.uk - go to contact page and select Family Records Centre from left hand list - gives you address, opening times etc Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Low To: [email protected] Sent: 11 September 2003 01:51 Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] Thanks for the help Re the location of the PRO in London, UK Could someone give me an address of the PRO? My cousin is going to be in London and has volunteered his "spare" time to try and find a fellow, John Low, for me. I would like to help him as much as possible to make his time fully focused. Thanks in advance. Brian >Yesterday (Sat) I visited the PRO on a bus trip with my local family history >society. >After being shown around and where to find things I set off on my quest. >I first went through WO100/139 microfilm checking the different batteries of >the Royal Horse Artillery for a mention of Samuel Treece and found 3516 DRIVER >TREECE S L in U battery as mentioned before.He got the Queens South Africa >Medal along with 4 clasps those were for PAARDEBERG DREIFONTEIN RELIEF OF >KIMBERLEY and TRANSVAAL having printed a copy of the page off I went >in search of my >Holy Grail his service records.I didnt really know where to start as I had no >idea when he left the army.I asked in a section where people give out advice >and things didnt look good as the person said not many service papers survive >from the boer war.(which wasnt what the pro said in an email to me) It was >also pointed out he could have continued into the 14-18 war although I knew he >was back locally in 1912 but talk was he did something in the 14-18 >war.Anyway I >picked up a few leaflets and had a read and found that WO 97 for the years >1900-1913 were arranged alphabetically and I was pretty sure he >would be in that >section if any.These documents were originals so I had to brave the computer >ordering system to order what I wanted.in my case WO 97 6101 (Iam alittle >confused as I just noted the ticket they placed next to the records >when copying >for me said WO 95 6101) Then it was a case of waiting for the file to arrive >which was about 30 minutes.I then sat and very carefully opened the box and >worked through the army service papers gradually reaching the >section where if my >great grandfathers papers were anywhere they should be there. >I turned one over and found one Ernest Treece from Nottingham who joined up >in Derby and went into the RHA.Derby is my home city.This person was a >potential relative.And then I turned the next document and it was >hard not to leap up >and shout EUREKA I had found MY SAMUEL LLEWELLYN TREECE. NO 3516 and from his >details I knew it was my great grandfather.It was such a wonderful >feeling.Unlike some army papers which contained alot of papers his >was just the 4 sides >of standard stuff but interesting reading all the same and such a find as it >gives pointers to his marriage etc.It also indicates he got the >Kings medal and >clasps 01 and 02 what ever those clasps were. >What other documents could I view with other details of my Great Grandfather? >is it possible to view things such as pay etc. >I noted there is another section of army service papers all that were >misfiled is there any chance more of his records could be hiding in >this section or >have I got all I can get? >Thanks again. >Simon >Derby >UK >==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== >Getting Started on Boer War Research? >http://freespace.virgin.net/anglers.rest/BWInfo.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 -- @*@@@@@*@@@@@*@@@@@*@*@@@@ @ Brian & Joan Low @ Montney B.C., Canada @*@@@@@*@@@@@*@@@@@*@@* "INDECISION is the key to FLEXIBILITY" ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== Boer War Links http://freespace.virgin.net/anglers.rest/BoerWarLinks.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