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I have the war record of my Gt Grandfather who fought in the Boer War.  He was a private in the Royal Sussex Regiment and was awarded the South African Medal.  I will be visiting South Africa next February and was hoping to visit some of the sites for which he was awarded bars /clasps for his involvement.

I have sent several Emails to the Boer War Museum in Bloemfontein in an effort to ascertain whether monuments or plaques are erected at any of these sites

Johannesburg clasp
Diamond Hill clasp
Wittebergen clasp
and Cape Colony Bar

But have received no response, has anybody any knowledge whether there is anything to see and exactly where any monument may be sited, if in fact any exist?

Many thanks

Tom

Hi everybody

This is a very sketchy query as I am researching my wife's family after it was deemed too hard by an Aunt.

Is there a site which covers children left in German orphages? 

My wifes relatives (twin brothers) have been traced to an orphanage in Germany, I am waiting on information identifying which orphanage. 

The Aunt in question visited Germany and was told all the relevant records  were destroyed in the war, which brings any further research to a halt.

Any ideas please.

Tom
I have received information that the relative's name was Gottfriedt Hans Heinrich Christian Tiedemann born 21 Sept 1876 in Lauenburg, Germany.  This is as far back as we get due to the apparent loss of documents due to fire.  Any assistance would be appreciated.

Tom

I am trying to find the link between Thomas Arthur Merrells and my Grandmother Alydia, Annie, Maud, Jessie, Merrells.  I don't seem to be able to find Thomas in the census details of Wales, I don't know the name of his wife which makes things somewhat more difficult but have a list of his children.  He had three sons Ernest, Sidney and Harold and three daughters one who was reported as married at his death in 1922 aged 54, the family was living at Milton Terrace. 

He was born in Swansea  in the neighbourhood of Dyfatty Street, he had a brother Edwin Merrells,  and the daughter married a Mr Trevor C. Evans both were listed as mourners.

His eldest son Ernest, became Lord Mayor of Cardiff in 1970, after moving from Cardiff in 1935, he died aged 96 on 16 Nov 1987.

I have obtained a great deal of information from both the Cardiff and Swansea Libraries but none identify his wife by name and as I say I have found it difficult to find census entries for the family due to my poor geographical knowledge of Wales, so any help would really be appreciated.

Tom

Australia

Hi all,

A bit of a curly one I'm afraid.  Florence Alma Beswick married Harry Dowsett in Beaconsfield Tasmania.  I have all the family covered but received information today that there is or was an area north of Gladstone, Tasmania in the old Parish of Truganini known as Dowsetts Marsh.  Would anybody have any information that could pinpoint Dowsetts Marsh or even better how it became known as Dowsetts Marsh.

The Beswick family home was in Derby, Tasmania and Dowsetts Marsh may have a family connection, here's hoping.

Tom

I have two pictures that I believe are early ancestors and I would like them dated.  The problem I have is they are both 1.5mb and I need to reduce them down to 500kb. Any suggestions please.