Thankyou Edna, I'll try again. Shirley (Aust) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edna" <ekbrit@rogers.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 10:36 AM Subject: [Ham] Ministry of Defence - UK > Think you should look through the site, pick out the National Archives > section, Military, and put the name in and possibly several will come up, > then choose the one which is yours, or the one you think is yours., >. > > Edna - Ottawa > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Powley" <powley2@bigpond.com> > To: <HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 4:50 PM > Subject: Re: [Ham] Ministry of Defence - UK > > > Edna - I was very interested in this site, but I'm not terribly > experienced > in finding my way around web sites. Does the correspondence about this > that > I have been reading, mean that I can find somewhere to type in a soldier's > name and perhaps find info. on him? I just thought I might find an Albert > Crawshaw who I surmise would have been in the Yorks and Lancs, and I know > he > was in India just before 1900. I keep clicking on things which I think > might > lead me to something , but no luck!!! > Thanks for any help with this, if it won't waste your time. > Just for the record, I have my Albert above, my grandad (Br. Imp.Army c > 1892 and Boer War) and my g. g. grandad, Hampshire Militia, c 1820's. > Shirley (Australia) > > From: "Edna" <ekbrit@rogers.com> > To: <HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 12:53 AM > Subject: [Ham] Ministry of Defence - UK > > >> >> >> Military Records, etc. - a good site: >> >> http://www.mod.uk/contacts/army_records.htm >> >> Edna - Ottawa >> >> >> >> ==== HAMPSHIRE Mailing List ==== >> Parish Register transcriptions for some parishes are available on line at >> www.knightroots.co.uk - click "parish registers" >> > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Our ancestors never die > heaven knows where they goes. > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Turn over a new leaf - there might be a new ancestor hiding underneath > Visit the knightroots website at www.knightroots.co.uk >