Mark, I've asked them several times to add info or correct info...and got stone-walled! I much prefer to post at Scots at War. I have 32 soldiers who died, ancestry had 3 of them, CGC had 7. I have added what I learned to the various Rolls of Honour, specifically Dundee. _http://www.scotsatwar.org.uk/_ (http://www.scotsatwar.org.uk/) you can add bios and photos _http://www.cwgc.org/_ (http://www.cwgc.org/) they are an excellent organization which looks out for graves and memorials, but even with documents like paybook will (which I found at the NAS-national archive of Scotland). _http://www.nas.gov.uk/_ (http://www.nas.gov.uk/) _http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/roh/main.htm_ (http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/roh/main.htm) I have 7 WWII deaths...and I posted all of them here. There are 54 Powrie's who served in WWI. Ancestry.com has their "medal cards" from which I got Regiment, Battalion and Personal number, which I used to look up each at the PRO. I also used the PRO reference numbers for births and marriages for military men..which I found on Find my past. _http://www.findmypast.com/_ (http://www.findmypast.com/) Waterloo death found No where else! _http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm_ (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm) Public Records Office. Military records are frustrating, and since I'm employing a professional (Richard Mole) whose work has been exemplary, it can be expensive, but I'm only looking for next of kin... so he's offered me a discount, and only copies what I'm after. _http://www.richardmoles.com/clientcomments.html_ (http://www.richardmoles.com/clientcomments.html) If anyone wants specifics, I found my Boer War soldiers using the Newspapers of Dundee.... it was rewarding but took me three years to link my last soldier. Boer War soldiers are not listed on CGC website and all records were burned during the Blitz. Luckily all were Blackwatch.... They all died for me, so they are worth every bit, and they'll never be forgotten after my book is published. I even found three Powries who entered West Point just after the civil war, and I found a photo of the cadet's room in the 1880's. Mary My WWI soldier that I even sent to a CGC written hearing, fought all through WWI, as a gunner was even awarded an MM. He thought he be sent home but was sent to Poland and died in Nov 1921, after the "official" end of WWI. He went "insane" after going deaf, and killed himself with three others from their unit. They knew nothing of Post-Traumatic stress, but instead of going home to Perth, he's buried in Germany, and is "unfit" for being listed on CGC website. They suggested I add him to a WWII list, but I got refused as he didn't meet "their Dates"! He served for 8 years, won a medal, his hearing, wounded twice, and finally his mind and life! I will always think of Ernest Powrie as a hero....but he is not listed on any roll! In a message dated 4/13/2009 12:56:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, mervally@f2s.com writes: Hello All, I find it very interesting about the CGC acting quickly to rectify a mistake. I found a relative of mine killed during WW1 whose grave was not in their database at all, (in Dysart cemetery, Pitlochry as a matter of interest.) When I pointed this out to them with the relevant information from the gravestone I received a reply stating that it was very unlikely that they had missed a stone and effectively fobbed me off! The poor man is still not in their database. In fact now this has been brought back into my 'line of sight' so to speak, I think I will have another crack at them. Wish me luck, I may be some time! Mark Whitton. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: <angus@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [ANGUS] All military deaths listed at Aldershot > Hi again Mary > > I just recieved my reply to the same enquiry as yours > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > This is a known problem that has been reported to our developers. Feedback > from you, our valued customer, helps us correct errors and improve the > website. Your patience and efforts to assist us in this matter are > appreciated. > > Please understand that fixes to errors on Ancestry are posted firstly in > the > order of those which affect the greatest number of users, and thereafter > in > the order in which they are reported. For this reason, fixes for some > errors > may take longer than others to be posted. We appreciate your patience. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > So it may take some time but at least it shows they will be acting on it > > Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > > PS still don't agree with you re findmypurse <g> > > > >> Thanks, complaining is worth a try, but I got no where with the CGC >> website >> either. My thought was, if they got many complaints at once.... but I >> don't >> think you're right, no one is listening. >> >> Our soldiers and sailors deserve better. Find My Past is a better >> website, >> for these deaths. My 92nd regiment of foot death in 1833, I was told they >> destroyed records back then, so there is no luck at all. >> >> Military records are just very frustrating. 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