Saturday, March 27, 2010

Finding Anglo-Boer War Ancestors online

Some useful Anglo-Boer War links:

www.britishmedals.net/kevin/wo126.html Ongoing project to index attestation papers of colonial soldiers from WO 126 TNA. So far the regiments available are:
Ashburners Light Horse
Bechuanaland Rifles
Bethune's Mounted Infantry
Border Horse
Border Scouts
Brabant's Horse
Bushmanland Borderers
Canadian Scouts
Town Guards (A-Da, De-Gro done to date)

http://surreygenealogist.com/sgdatabase.htm search various rolls including Natal Field Force Casualties

www.national.archives.gov.za/ South African National Archives and Record Service, incorporating NAAIRS index

www.militarymuseum.co.za/ South African National Military History Museum; recommended article ‘Researching ancestors who were Servicemen’; details of published medal rolls.

www.angloboerwar.com/units/natal_volunteers.htm Natal Volunteers, Police and Guides

www.perthdps.com/military/index.html  Australians serving in South Africa 1899-1902 listed alphabetically by state and contingent

www.naa.gov.au/fsheets/fs67/html Australian participation in the Anglo-Boer War, sources for service records, medal rolls, attestation papers, enrolment forms, returned soldiers' records

www.awm.gov.au/database/boer.asp Australian War Memorial site with Boer War Nominal Roll. Database searchable by name, unit and keyword



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