Which is the best forum?

[Merry]

BK6 updated from this thread

Yeh, this one!!!............No, maybe not this one in this case!

I'm trying to read all the 'stuff' on a WW1 medal card but some of the abreviations are beyond me. I can post it here, but did wonder where would be the 'best' place? I looked at The Great War forum but got very lost and eventually realised I wasn't even on that forum any more........:o

[Rachel]

Have you tried Rootschat ?

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?board=300

[Merry]

No, because I am scared of how it works. :o

[kiterunner]

Post it on here anyway and see if we manage to figure it out before trying somewhere else.

[Stella]

Merry, RootsChat is very good. I had a lot of help on there a long time ago. It is very simple to get the hang of too. It must be if I can navigate myself around it!:d

[Merry]

lol Stella

I have managed to register on Rootschat just in case (they already have a member called Merry :mad: so I had to be someone else!!), but in the meantime......

This is the medal card for John Claud Hamilton (sorry Kite!)

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m13/merry_monty_montgomery/Shauns%20Family%20History%20Photos/JohnHamiltonWW1MedalCard.jpg

[Rachel]

Rootschat is not scary
Or do you mean it might do scary things of which we know nothing ? :eek:

I've been pic restoring on there since I started and some of the people are very nice and helpful, especially me :)


You can do up to 500 kb pics on there without going through Pbucket ~ just upload from your computer

[Stella]

There are some really clever folk on RootChat, Merry, so give them a try if you're stuck.

[Merry]

His army record doesn't seem to have survived. I have looked at other records with the same number (56967) in case his name was something else at a different date, but didn't spot anything.

[Merry]

I never seem to click on the right place in Rootschat to find the responses to questions asked, so because I don't 'get' it, I never use it.

[kiterunner]

BWM = British War Medal
VM = Victory Medal
Then they were forfeited then I think returned. I know I eventually found a forum where someone could explain what the bit on my great-uncle's card about forfeiture meant; will see if I can find which forum it was!

SWB = Silver War Badge which means he was honourably discharged because he was injured or ill. There is a separate roll for these which may have more information on it.

O i/c = Officer in Charge

[kiterunner]

And I found a thread from B-G Forums which says that CRV = Certified Receipt Voucher and means the medal(s) were returned to the War Office.

[Merry]

Thanks. He wasn't entitled to some of the medals as he didn't serve abroad. Interesting about the Silver War Badge roll. I suppose that is at Kew?

[kiterunner]

Yes, it is. A researcher looked up the entry for my great-uncle once and it had his dates of enlistment and discharge on there.

[Merry]

I need it to say "previously know as"!!! lol

[kiterunner]

There isn't a column for that. :(

[Stella]

I never seem to click on the right place in Rootschat to find the responses to questions asked, so because I don't 'get' it, I never use it.

Merry, you can opt to be emailed when there is a reply and there will be a link in the email for you to click on which will take you straight to the reply to a thread of yours. If you scroll down to the section 'Special Interests', there is a section there for Armed Forces connections.

[Merry]

Thanks, Stella :)

[Joy Dean]

Re rootschat - http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php - for instance, for me, at the top is:
Welcome back, JoyKM, you have 41 messages, 0 are new.
Show unread posts since last visit.
Show new replies to your posts.
Monday 18 July 11 23:17 BST (UK)

Then scroll down to http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,300.0.html :-)

[maggie_4_7]

I never seem to click on the right place in Rootschat to find the responses to questions asked, so because I don't 'get' it, I never use it.


You're not the only one whenever I go there I feel the same.

[Merry]

*feels relieved* :o