Dear friends of Beara, Ancestry.com has added a registry of Royal Navy personnel who served between 1900 and 1928. According to this article, it includes a great number of men from west Cork. http://www.irishgenealogynews.com/2015/02/ancestry-adds-royal-navy-registers -of.html Considering the huge naval base that was once at Bere Island, this might prove a rich trove for Beara researchers. Note, however, that it is rife with misspellings. Claire Santy reports: "Just a word of warning. The geographical awareness of the indexers or OCR equipment that prepared this database is pretty poor. With very little effort, I've found Skibbereen in County Cork recorded as Shibbereen, Sabbereen, Kibbereen, Skibbecen, Skibberun and Shibberan; Clonakilty as Cloakelty, Clona Kilty and Elonakilty; Drimoleague as Dkimoleagus; and Roscarferry, which at least is funny." Bill Gawne

Thank you! I'm off to search. I am interested to see if my grandfather is included, since he jumped ship in Canada first opportunity he had. I have always wondered how long he was actually in the Royal Navy. -----Original Message----- From: gawne via <beara@rootsweb.com> To: beara <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Feb 19, 2015 9:09 am Subject: [BEARA] Ancestry adds Royal Navy Registers of Service 1900-28 Dear friends of Beara, Ancestry.com has added a registry of Royal Navy personnel who served between 1900 and 1928. According to this article, it includes a great number of men from west Cork. http://www.irishgenealogynews.com/2015/02/ancestry-adds-royal-navy-registers -of.html Considering the huge naval base that was once at Bere Island, this might prove a rich trove for Beara researchers. Note, however, that it is rife with misspellings. Claire Santy reports: "Just a word of warning. The geographical awareness of the indexers or OCR equipment that prepared this database is pretty poor. With very little effort, I've found Skibbereen in County Cork recorded as Shibbereen, Sabbereen, Kibbereen, Skibbecen, Skibberun and Shibberan; Clonakilty as Cloakelty, Clona Kilty and Elonakilty; Drimoleague as Dkimoleagus; and Roscarferry, which at least is funny." Bill Gawne ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There surely was a " sheebeen" -my spelling is not good. Good article anyway, john * Best Regards,* *John* On 19 February 2015 at 15:00, gawne via <beara@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Dear friends of Beara, > > > > Ancestry.com has added a registry of Royal Navy personnel who served > between > 1900 and 1928. According to this article, it includes a great number of > men > from west Cork. > > > > > http://www.irishgenealogynews.com/2015/02/ancestry-adds-royal-navy-registers > -of.html > > > > Considering the huge naval base that was once at Bere Island, this might > prove a rich trove for Beara researchers. Note, however, that it is rife > with misspellings. Claire Santy reports: "Just a word of warning. The > geographical awareness of the indexers or OCR equipment that prepared this > database is pretty poor. With very little effort, I've found Skibbereen in > County Cork recorded as Shibbereen, Sabbereen, Kibbereen, Skibbecen, > Skibberun and Shibberan; Clonakilty as Cloakelty, Clona Kilty and > Elonakilty; Drimoleague as Dkimoleagus; and Roscarferry, which at least is > funny." > > > > Bill Gawne > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks Bill, I'm delighted to have just found my grandfather, in these records. Thanks! Julie McGrath On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 10:00 AM, gawne via <beara@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Dear friends of Beara, > > > > Ancestry.com has added a registry of Royal Navy personnel who served > between > 1900 and 1928. According to this article, it includes a great number of > men > from west Cork. > > > > > http://www.irishgenealogynews.com/2015/02/ancestry-adds-royal-navy-registers > -of.html > > > > Considering the huge naval base that was once at Bere Island, this might > prove a rich trove for Beara researchers. Note, however, that it is rife > with misspellings. Claire Santy reports: "Just a word of warning. The > geographical awareness of the indexers or OCR equipment that prepared this > database is pretty poor. With very little effort, I've found Skibbereen in > County Cork recorded as Shibbereen, Sabbereen, Kibbereen, Skibbecen, > Skibberun and Shibberan; Clonakilty as Cloakelty, Clona Kilty and > Elonakilty; Drimoleague as Dkimoleagus; and Roscarferry, which at least is > funny." > > > > Bill Gawne > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >