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FAMILY RECORDS centre
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driven insane!!! | Report | 11 May 2005 15:00 |
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thanks brenda, thats great. |
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Phoenix | Report | 11 May 2005 14:21 |
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Lunch hour is officially over, so this has to be brief: 1. Go to the National Archives website and search for your names. It's unlikely, but you might find that this discharge papers have been catalogued. 2. Download the leaflets that they have on soldiers, to see what help they are. 3. Military bmd are at the FRC, in a separate series of volumes. They can also be searched online at 1837Online, but this is a subscription service. 4. If you have to search the records at Kew, you will almost certainly need to know the regiment. Hopefully, you already know. If you've found them in 1. or 3. above, they will tell you, otherwise, look at any ephemera the family has (photos, medals, cap badges etc) for clues. Now I'm back to pretending to work! |
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driven insane!!! | Report | 11 May 2005 13:41 |
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hi,brenda-i have two men ,both soldiers,from mid 1800's. know very little about them,except names. the son was born in colchester, essex and his dad was a soldier so im wondering if he was stationed in colchester. i cant find either of them in the usual ways. what d'ya think? |
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Phoenix | Report | 11 May 2005 13:30 |
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What sort of records do you actually want, Beth Anne? Soldiers' service records, or their births marriages and deaths? |
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driven insane!!! | Report | 11 May 2005 13:23 |
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cheers for the info- one more question, can you not view army records at the relevant county records office???? |
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Rachel | Report | 11 May 2005 13:19 |
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This is their website it should tell you everything you need to know. http://www*familyrecords*gov*uk/frc/ change * to . (dot) |
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Guinevere | Report | 11 May 2005 13:19 |
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Hi, You need the National Archives at Kew not the FRC. Google will find the website for you. Gwynne |
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Researching: |
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Judith | Report | 11 May 2005 13:19 |
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Family Records Centre - see their website for where they are and what else they hold but basically it is the main repository of Births, Marriages and Deaths indexes, and censuses for England and Wales. http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk |
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driven insane!!! | Report | 11 May 2005 13:10 |
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Can anyone tell me anything about this place. apparently, i need to go there to search army records. ive never heard of it! |
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