Hi Listers, Does this pay-per-view site actually give more information than the free commonwealth war graves site? Kathryn

Alison: As far as I can see the only difference is place of birth, and normal residence upon signing up - but perhaps someone will prove me wrong! The Commonwealth graves site does sometimes give next of kin i.e. son of , or husband of , so may in fact be more helpful. Linda Alison Smith <alison@oasts.screaming.net> wrote: Hi Listers, Does this pay-per-view site actually give more information than the free commonwealth war graves site? Kathryn ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

Not too sure about this Kathryn as did not have time to go through it as I was just going up to London! Wish I hadn't now!! Its chaos up there, truck of Hydrogen Peroxide overturned them blew up scattering itself over all eight lanes in both directions about 15 minutes before we got there (Juntion 13 M3). Took two hours just to get around it. M4 also affected and M25 between Jnc 11 -13 closed in both directions!! Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alison Smith" <alison@oasts.screaming.net> To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 2:10 PM Subject: RE: [ENG-HANTS] new web site - Military genealogy > Hi Listers, > Does this pay-per-view site actually give more information than the free > commonwealth war graves site? > > Kathryn > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

The new genealogy site is an on-line search facility of "Soldiers who died in the Great War" which has been around on CD for a number of years at vast cost!! I have searched both this and the CWGC site in the past and have found very little difference in the two databases - probably because the former actually uses the CWGC information. Occasionally there is a small amount of additional information, but this is rarely of a genealogical nature. I certainly have not found additional information about parentage on the "Soldiers" CD. Hope this helps Sandra Chris and Caroline wrote: > Not too sure about this Kathryn as did not have time to go through it > as I was just going up to London! > Wish I hadn't now!! > > Its chaos up there, truck of Hydrogen Peroxide overturned them blew up > scattering itself over all eight > lanes in both directions about 15 minutes before we got there (Juntion > 13 M3). Took two hours just to get around it. > M4 also affected and M25 between Jnc 11 -13 closed in both directions!! > Chris > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alison Smith" > <alison@oasts.screaming.net> > To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 2:10 PM > Subject: RE: [ENG-HANTS] new web site - Military genealogy > > >> Hi Listers, >> Does this pay-per-view site actually give more information than the free >> commonwealth war graves site? >> >> Kathryn >> >> >> ============================== >> Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >> ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >> >> > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > >

Thanks Sandra That will save me having a proper look!! LOL Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra J Smith" <sandra.s@ntlworld.com> To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] new web site - Military genealogy > The new genealogy site is an on-line search facility of "Soldiers who died > in the Great War" which has been around on CD for a number of years at > vast cost!! > I have searched both this and the CWGC site in the past and have found > very little difference in the two databases - probably because the former > actually uses the CWGC information. Occasionally there is a small amount > of additional information, but this is rarely of a genealogical nature. I > certainly have not found additional information about parentage on the > "Soldiers" CD. > Hope this helps > Sandra > > Chris and Caroline wrote: > >> Not too sure about this Kathryn as did not have time to go through it as >> I was just going up to London! >> Wish I hadn't now!! >> >> Its chaos up there, truck of Hydrogen Peroxide overturned them blew up >> scattering itself over all eight >> lanes in both directions about 15 minutes before we got there (Juntion 13 >> M3). Took two hours just to get around it. >> M4 also affected and M25 between Jnc 11 -13 closed in both directions!! >> Chris >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alison Smith" >> <alison@oasts.screaming.net> >> To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 2:10 PM >> Subject: RE: [ENG-HANTS] new web site - Military genealogy >> >> >>> Hi Listers, >>> Does this pay-per-view site actually give more information than the free >>> commonwealth war graves site? >>> >>> Kathryn >>> >>> >>> ============================== >>> Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >>> ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >>> http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >>> >>> >> >> >> ============================== >> Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >> ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >> >> >> > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

I just did a short check on a few WWI family victims. Obviously it does not contain any Naval information, being purely Military. But although it says 'every regiment and corps of the British Army', it does not appear to include the RFC, which was an Army Corps until April 1918. Obviously by 1921 when this list was created, the RFC was considered to be the RAF, and so not covered. All services are of course in the CWGC website. Cheers, Dave Jacobs ================ At 23:04 30/08/2005, you wrote: >Thanks Sandra >That will save me having a proper look!! LOL >Chris > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra J Smith" <sandra.s@ntlworld.com> >To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 5:03 PM >Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] new web site - Military genealogy > > >>The new genealogy site is an on-line search facility of "Soldiers who >>died in the Great War" which has been around on CD for a number of years >>at vast cost!! >>I have searched both this and the CWGC site in the past and have found >>very little difference in the two databases - probably because the former >>actually uses the CWGC information. Occasionally there is a small amount >>of additional information, but this is rarely of a genealogical >>nature. I certainly have not found additional information about >>parentage on the "Soldiers" CD. >>Hope this helps >>Sandra >> >>Chris and Caroline wrote: >> >>>Not too sure about this Kathryn as did not have time to go through it as >>>I was just going up to London! >>>Wish I hadn't now!! >>> >>>Its chaos up there, truck of Hydrogen Peroxide overturned them blew up >>>scattering itself over all eight >>>lanes in both directions about 15 minutes before we got there (Juntion >>>13 M3). Took two hours just to get around it. >>>M4 also affected and M25 between Jnc 11 -13 closed in both directions!! >>>Chris >>> >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Alison Smith" >>><alison@oasts.screaming.net> >>>To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> >>>Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 2:10 PM >>>Subject: RE: [ENG-HANTS] new web site - Military genealogy >>> >>> >>>>Hi Listers, >>>>Does this pay-per-view site actually give more information than the free >>>>commonwealth war graves site? >>>> >>>>Kathryn >>>> >>>> >>>>============================== >>>>Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >>>>ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >>>>http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >>>> >>> >>> >>>============================== >>>Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >>>ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >>>http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >>> >>> >> >> >>============================== >>Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >>last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> > > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > " Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910) Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit. -George Santayana, philosopher (1863-1952)