At 11:00 AM 6/18/02 -0600, you wrote: Hello Rita, Well, at least you are lucky not to be chasing up a John Smith in military records, aren't you? Maybe your relatives might take on a request to look at Kew the six men found for you. Didn't find one in the 76th Regt of Foot, did you? It certainly makes fascinating reading when a soldier can have his military records located. Puts flesh on the bones of a career in the army. Best of luck! Kate Hands, Australia >FERMANAGH-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 161 > >Today's Topics: > #1 Re: [FERMANAGH] Military Records [Rita Chesterton <rchesterton@erols] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from FERMANAGH-D, send a message to > > FERMANAGH-D-request@rootsweb.com > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 00:34:04 -0400 >From: Rita Chesterton <rchesterton@erols.com> >To: FERMANAGH-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <3D0EB83A.7BF949C0@erols.com> >Subject: Re: [FERMANAGH] Military Records >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Kate....I do not know the regiment. However I did do an online search >of the WO records at Kew (www.catalogue.pro.gov.uk). The search >turned up six JOHN FITZGIBBON soldiers, along with the regiments in >which they served. > >I now need to find someone willing to retrieve the records at Kew. The >only way, however, that I will be able to identify my own John >Fitzgibbon amongst the six records is if his wife's name (Margaret >Maguire) is mentioned. I have some cousins living in Stevenage, north >of London. I might ask one of them to do the search for me, and I would >of course pay them. It's my only option at this point! > >Warm wishes >Rita > >khands wrote: > >> Hello Rita, >> >> Regarding military records. I had someone look at PRO Kew >> to find the military records for me. You need to know the >> regiment in which an ancestor served to make it easier to >> find in the first place. My grandfather also followed his >> father into the 76th Regt along with all his brothers. >> Grandfather and his brothers born in various parts of >> the world - Portsmouth, Malta, Nova Scotia and Belfast. >> Military records are definately worth looking for as >> they reveal next of kin, date of military service, >> postings and details of illnesses. >> >> Haven't worked on the Maguire family yet. Must do so >> very shortly. >> >> Best wishes, >> Kate Hands, >> Australia >> >> ==== FERMANAGH Mailing List ==== >> Two more mailing lists for County Fermanagh: >> IRL-Fermanagh-L-request@rootsweb.com >> Fermanagh-Gold-L-request@rootsweb.com >