Thank you David, you are very right. I guess I just jump at anything that might connect. Julia Schmitz ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Humphry" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 7:27 AM Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] for Julia Schmitz > Hello Julia, > > I don't want to disappoint you but the chances of the other man in the photo > being your grandfather are as remote as they can be. There were 13,000 > servicemen in the siege of Ladysmith and two men in uniform photographed > together are most likely to have been mates from the same regiment or > perhaps brothers, etc. In a separate posting I have also queried whether > Kathleen's grandfather was in the relief rather than the defence force with > the photo possibly taken in Ladysmith after the siege was lifted. > > Regards, > > David > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Julia Schmitz <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 12:44 AM > Subject: [BOER-WAR] Fw: Returned mail: User unknown > > > > > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Cc: <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Ladysmith > > > Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 16:41:02 -0700 > > > Kathleen: I am very much interested in a copy of your picture via > e-mail, > > > as I do believe my Grandfather also fought at Ladysmith. I received > > e-mail > > > from David Humphry whom is very familiar with the Boer War. I have > copied > > > and pasted the original letter I sent to him and his replies. I have > just > > > found my Grandfather's burial place after all these many years of > > searching. > > > I began in 1955. > > > Perhaps the other young man in the picture may be my Grandfather. I > have > > > not had time to follow up with David's information he has supplied me, > due > > > to the fact my husband just got out of hospital with a quadruple heart > by > > > pass. Sincerely yours. Julia Schmitz > > > > > > > ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== > Have you used Tree Tops? > The Free FAMILY TREE & WE'LL MEET AGAIN SERVICE > http://freespace.virgin.net/tree.tops > > ============================== > 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 > >