[lace-chat] Re: Genealogy Question - Medals
Thanks to those who have sent me emails already. Apologies for the confusion - I knew what I meant so surely all you should have as well, regardless of what I actually wrote?! (And if anyone gets mean about my being unclear then be warned, I can pull out the "but I'm not well" card faster than you can type your flames :-) ) I live in Canada now but my family roots are firmly placed in England (and nearly all in East Anglia) so it is English sites I need information on. I have tried Ancestry.co.uk but their information is currently limited to those with surnames beginning with A or B (and I am looking for Randall in this case) and I am not sure just what they will have when the rest is released - I tried looking for some other relatives who I know were in WWI (Braybrookes - some survived, some didn't) and there was nothing for any of them. I'm still hoping that people on this list will have the magic answer (and the list is really quiet) so here is the original question: "Do any of you genealogy whizzkids know where I can find any information about military medals? My great uncle apparently won the Military Cross at some point but no-one in the family seems to know more than that. He was born in 1891 so my guess would be the medal was awarded during WWI but it could have been some other time I suppose. Any websites that might be useful?" Oh, and it is still wet and grey here in Vancouver ... To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: Genealogy Question - Medals
You could start with the London Gazette try: http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/archiveSearch.asp?WebType=0&Referer=WW1 Hope this helps Malvary in Ottawa - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Lace-Chat'" Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 10:43 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Re: Genealogy Question - Medals Thanks to those who have sent me emails already. Apologies for the confusion - I knew what I meant so surely all you should have as well, regardless of what I actually wrote?! (And if anyone gets mean about my being unclear then be warned, I can pull out the "but I'm not well" card faster than you can type your flames :-) ) I live in Canada now but my family roots are firmly placed in England (and nearly all in East Anglia) so it is English sites I need information on. I have tried Ancestry.co.uk but their information is currently limited to those with surnames beginning with A or B (and I am looking for Randall in this case) and I am not sure just what they will have when the rest is released - I tried looking for some other relatives who I know were in WWI (Braybrookes - some survived, some didn't) and there was nothing for any of them. I'm still hoping that people on this list will have the magic answer (and the list is really quiet) so here is the original question: "Do any of you genealogy whizzkids know where I can find any information about military medals? My great uncle apparently won the Military Cross at some point but no-one in the family seems to know more than that. He was born in 1891 so my guess would be the medal was awarded during WWI but it could have been some other time I suppose. Any websites that might be useful?" Oh, and it is still wet and grey here in Vancouver ... To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: Genealogy Question - Medals
Hell Helen If I'd taken notes at last month's Kent FHS meeting when the talk was about military medals I'd have all the answers for you! I have very little in the way of military ancestors but I was pleasantly surprised at how interesting I found the talk. I do remember the speaker saying that another set of records, concerned with medals, is becoming available at The National Archives (Kew) but as yet only the first few surnames, alphabetically, are on-line. A couple of websites that might help are: http://www.roll-of-honour.com/FamilyHistoryResearch.html http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/medals.asp#originals Or Google "military cross" Brenda I live in Canada now but my family roots are firmly placed in England (and nearly all in East Anglia) so it is English sites I need information on. I have tried Ancestry.co.uk but their information is currently limited to those with surnames beginning with A or B (and I am looking for Randall in this case) and I am not sure just what they will have when the rest is released - I tried looking for some other relatives who I know were in WWI (Braybrookes - some survived, some didn't) and there was nothing for any of them. I'm still hoping that people on this list will have the magic answer (and the list is really quiet) so here is the original question: "Do any of you genealogy whizzkids know where I can find any information about military medals? My great uncle apparently won the Military Cross at some point but no-one in the family seems to know more than that. He was born in 1891 so my guess would be the medal was awarded during WWI but it could have been some other time I suppose. Any websites that might be useful?" Oh, and it is still wet and grey here in Vancouver ... To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brenda in Allhallows, Kent http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
