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Does the 1921 English "Army" Census records include the "Soldier Number"?
I do not have a specific answer for the 1921 census, but prior censuses (e.g. 1911 census) that I have seen did not usually include the service number. However, in prior censuses I have found it will ...
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Possibility of tracing my great grandfather's wife's homeland
Having so little information about the "where", focus on the "what" and "why".
I think you should put the emphasis on the trading activity of your Grandfather.
What did he trade with?
What was the ...
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Did Richard Hill and Blanche Todd live in India in the late 19th Century?
Re the possibility of India - this seems unlikely not just from a chronological viewpoint but also from the term Commissary. That was a rank /appointment in the East India Company's or British Indian ...
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Searching family roots in Bihar, India?
One principle of genealogy is that you should start with things you know and move backwards to things you do not yet know. I assume you have information going back from yourself to your parent, ...
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Record of 2/10 Baluch Regiment soldier in the British archives?
I emphasise that I know nothing about researching the Indian Army and its successors but this might be a start - more definitive responses welcome.
Reading Wikipedia, it seems to me that in WW2 the ...
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Did Richard Hill and Blanche Todd live in India in the late 19th Century?
I am not sure where the graphic below comes from originally but I clipped it from page 2 of 9 at http://spotidoc.com/doc/53190/menu---mccormick-and-schmick-s.
I think that the newspaper clipping (...
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Does the 1921 English "Army" Census records include the "Soldier Number"?
The army number was not required to be included, but I have seen at least one return (for the Middlesex Regiment on Army of Occupation duties in Cologne) where it has been.
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Finding ancestors thought to be from Chalakudy, India?
The only previous question about Kerala (the state in which Chalakudy is found) was How can I trace my ancestry in India? but that does not seem to have anything in common with yours beyond involving ...
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