Pete1000 Posted 28 July , 2017 Share Posted 28 July , 2017 Hi, I have found the War diaries of the 9th Sherwood Foresters of 1918 on Ancestry and have been browsing through them. However you can't download them and you can't directly print them - it acts as if it will print the page you have on screen but then prints a page saying that the diaries have not been indexed yet. You can "print screen" and paste into Word but the print definition is not too good and handwritten stuff is difficult to read. There are over 600 pages. I find the online stuff difficult to read in detail and it is not easy to skip back and forward. I went on the National Archives website and located the following files:- WO 95/1815 WO 95/2587/6 WO 95/1815/3 WO 95/1815/2 WO 95/1815/1 Does anyone know how these files match the Ancestry data? Has anyone ever obtained a paper copy from the National Archives and if so how much does this cost? Regards Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 28 July , 2017 Share Posted 28 July , 2017 Hi Pete, You can download from Ancestry, but it's a real pain as you have to do it a page at a time (jpeg files). Image Source: Ancestry.co.uk - war diaries collection The National Archives are continuous 'chunks' (as a pdf file). Once downloaded you can scroll through, or print off in one go. Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 28 July , 2017 Share Posted 28 July , 2017 Hi, 1 hour ago, Pete1000 said: I went on the National Archives website and located the following files:- WO 95/1815 WO 95/2587/6 WO 95/1815/3 WO 95/1815/2 WO 95/1815/1 It looks like the National Archives has split the diary into 15 parts - click here Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 28 July , 2017 Share Posted 28 July , 2017 There is a resident expert on the 9th Foresters on the Forum - Steve Morse. I've not seen him about for a while, but if he is still about I daresay he'll be along. He's written a book about the battalion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete1000 Posted 31 July , 2017 Author Share Posted 31 July , 2017 Hi All, many thanks for the help and advice. I have bitten the bullet and started downloading from Ancestry. I am only working on 1918 and have downloaded 200 out of 696 pages! Also Steve Morse has been in touch as well. Regards Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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