RootsWeb.com Mailing Lists
Total: 1/1
    1. Re: [YORKSGEN] Enumerated twice in 1901
    2. Nivard Ovington
    3. Hi again First of all the reverse was not originally scanned by or for the National Archives But Ancestry have scanned both front *and* back of them and they are available on Ancestry Clearly I have never sat down and gone through them all but was informed some years ago that roughly 2% of the cards had something on the reverse and from my own experience I would agree with that Mostly the reverse has a note of forwarding address but may have other snippets on, very useful but few and far between Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > I seem to recall being told at the SoG that something like 20 per cent of the medal cards had > additional info on the back, but it's some time ago now and maybe I mishead the figure by a > factor of ten! I don't imagine we will ever see them again because, as you know, they were > accepted by the Western Front Association and are now stored in a secret vault or some > such place. > > - - > Roy Stockdill

    09/13/2012 04:26:51