In a message dated Tue, 1 Oct 2002 08:19:45 +0100, genyorks@groupmanager.co.uk writes: Hi Sylvi, Sorry that you thought I was implying that the Boer War, or any other war for that matter, was an easy solution to our missing ancestors. Life is not that simple. I was merely pointing out that in some cases it is a real possibility and worth bearing in mind when we are fruitlessly searching.As you probably are aware, the Boer War was enthusiastically supported by the British populace and many men volunteered to fight. In fact, it was probably the first "jingoistic" war. As far as I am aware there is no comprehensive list for soldiers serving in the Boer War. I think you would only be able to trace someone if you knew which regiment they were serving in which is not always possible. Like yourself,if anyone does know of a list I should be most interested. Jean > > Hi Jean and everyone > > Is there anywhere where Boer War soldiers may be listed? > > I accept that some of these missing young men could have been there, but it > seems rather an easy solution to *so many* missing relatives! > > I would be grateful for any suggestions of where to look to confirm they > were fighting in the Boer War... > > Thanks > Regards > Sylvi > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Jeangarforth@aol.com> > To: <ENG-EAST-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:54 AM > Subject: [ERY] Re: Boer War and 1901 Census > > > > Hello to all. > > > > Whilst searching in vain for various male ancestors whom I knew were alive > in the 1901 census, it suddenly dawned on me that they would have been in > South Africa fighting in the second Boer War (1899-1902). It might be worth > bearing this in mind when searching for ancestors at this time and could > quite well account for their absence at the time of the census.I hope this > helps. > > > > Kind regards > > > > Jean garforth > > > > > ==== ENG-EAST-YORKS Mailing List ==== > LOST? please use the "Where is it in Yorkshire?" index > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/Where/index.html > The Maintainer of the Genuki Yorkshire pages is Colin Hinson > > ============================== > 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=1 > 237