On 30/07/2013 19:39, Charles Ellson wrote: > On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 19:23:25 +0100, MB <MB@nospam.nospam> wrote: > >> On 30/07/2013 19:14, Charles Ellson wrote: >>>> If you use Pembrokeshire in a 192.com search you get "multiple locations >>>>> found and a choice of West Glamorgan or Dyfed. >>>>> >>> Sounds like they're employing an ex-Ancestry programmer ?:-( >> >> >> Probably even worse from the complete mess they have made of Scotland - >> presuming it is 192.com who screwed up rather than the Electoral Commission. >> > AFAICT they seem to be using sheriffdoms (i.e. judicial areas) such as > e.g. South Strathclyde - Dumfries and Galloway which don't match to > electoral areas, local authorities or postal areas, effectively > meaningless for most people. > That could partially explain it. An address near Stornoway though it never actually gives the address (name of village or Stornoway), just the name of the house. In their drop down menu when searching, they have an artificial county of 'Isle of Lewis' but the address is not found if you use that because they have called 'Isle of Lewis' a District. 'Grampian' is not available as a county in the drop down list. District: Isle Of Lewis Region: Grampian, Highland And Islands Area: Hebrides County: Grampian, Highland And Islands Country: Scotland According to the list of Sheriffdoms, Fort Willis also in 'Grampian, Highlands and Islands'. They have probably converted Fort William into its Post Town then used its Sheriffdom. District: Fort William Region: Tayside, Central And Fife Area: Perth County: Inverness-Shire Country: Scotland As I suggested, it is a mess