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1901 census - boer war

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Trouble

Trouble Report 15 Oct 2004 13:49

I am having problems tracing ancestors on the 1901 census, is it possible that the men could have been away during the Boar War and if so, is there anyway of tracing them on line?

Pat

Pat Report 15 Oct 2004 14:31

Tracie I have had to change computers and have lost a lot of my favourite websites, I think it was geoff who gave me some of them but here is a couple to keep you going: http://www.anglo-boer(.)co(.)za/ http://www.geocities(.)com/Athens/Acropolis/8141/boerwar(.)html http://www.victorianweb(.)org/history/hist1(.)html http://www.british-history(.)com/ http://www.british-history(.)ac(.)uk/ please remove brackets Pat x

Pat

Pat Report 15 Oct 2004 14:34

Sorry Tracie Missed out the important one http://www.nationalarchives.gov(.)uk/default.htm remove brackets again, you can do a search on the site As far as I know there are very extensive records in Kew. Pat x

Christine in Herts

Christine in Herts Report 15 Oct 2004 16:58

And Tracie, you'll need to spell it with an E not an A if you're googling. (I believe it comes from a Dutch-based word to do with farmers.) Otherwise you'll be getting the wild pig instead of the war. Christine sorry - missed out the ;-)

Pat

Pat Report 15 Oct 2004 17:17

Christine LOL> Pat x

Ann

Ann Report 15 Oct 2004 23:12

JUST LOOKED ON A TERRIFIC SITE FOR THE BOER WAR. lOOKING FOR MY GGRANDAD WHO WAS MILITARY. ITS ASPLIN MILITARY HISTORY RESOURCES. GO THROUGH GOOGLE. IS ON PAGE 1 OF THIS SITE. SORRY CANT REMEMBER NAME OF PERSON WHO PUT INFO ON. ANN

Christine in Herts

Christine in Herts Report 15 Oct 2004 23:44

Ann It's this one http://hometown.aol.*co.uk/KevinAsplin/home.html (remove asterisk) Was the thread-initiator Maurice Nunn? the site's certainly very good. Christine

Trouble

Trouble Report 16 Oct 2004 10:24

Thanks everyone - have corrected BOER!!! :-)) I have checked 'KevinAsplin' site and there were PIKE's there but it looks like it only deals with a couple of regiments - unless that is all that went there - will have to investigate more, but this may be where the missing relatives are - well the men at least.