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The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Alison	Report	14 Apr 2003 19:22
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Lynne Coakley The PRO have lists of army pensions going back to the 1700's all the men who fought in the Boer were already enlisted in the army there was no conscription for this war so if you know the persons ocupation and he wasnt in the army he probably wasnt in the war if he was a servant he may have been listed in the house where he was working not with his wife they still may have been married and his surname might have been spelt wrongly try looking at his surname with an "e" at the end

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