Hi Nelson, If John Nelson stayed on in South Africa after the war then it's quite likely that you may find some information on him in the South African Archives. Have a look at the Archives INDEX at: http://www.national.archives.gov.za/index.htm Click "Search", Click "RSA" Enter your search criteria, one name to a line Click "Search" I did a search using JOHN and NELSON and found over 200 records though most of them will of course not be yours. In the event that any records are yours, you will have to appoint someone in SA to investigate for you as the Archives staff will most likely not. You should be able to find a researcher on the South African Genealogy web site at: http://home.global.co.za/~mercon. Check also the list of surnames on the /~~mercon site: someone else may be researching your (South African) surname. Please note that there are several Archive Depositories in South Africa and in order to appoint a researcher you need to know where the physical record is situated (at which Archive). The code after the word DEPOT tells you where the record is kept: KAB = Cape Town, NAB = Natal, TAB = Transvaal etc. and the researcher you appoint must be from that area. Regards, Gerold Whittaker. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 05 August 2003 08:38 To: [email protected] Subject: [BOER-WAR] can any one help? can any one help? Im looking for a JOHN NELSON who fought in the boer war and stayed on in South Africa after it.