"Complete" to a programmer (or ancestry.co.uk) means the work contracted for has been done it does not refer to the data only the competion of one stage of a project so write to the owners ( and for ancestry.co.uk http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.ancestry.uk-ire is proving to be quite effective, but corrections may take 6 to 12 months to happen - they have to wait their turn on the production line) Hugh W "John Stevens" <john.stevens27@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:X2uZe.4704$K77.1978@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net... > Well, I hate to be churlish about this but the NA website below indicates > that the project > for the 1853 - 1923 period is complete but when I search for my > grandfather > and his son, > my uncle, neither can be found either by name or by service number yet I > have photocopies > (from the NA) of their ADM188 service records in front of me as I write. > > John > > >> > Forrest Anderson <forrest@military-researcher.com> wrote: >> > >> >: The following will be of interest to those who have ancestors in the >> >: Royal Navy. >> > >> >: The National Archives at Kew have begun to release Royal Navy Service >> >: Records via their Documents Online system. Like the WW1 MICs for the >> >: Army, RN Service Records can be searched for using an on-line >> >: database, and the images can be downloaded for 3.50 GBP. >> > >> >: The following links will give you more information about this on-going >> >: project: >> > >> >: =================== >> >: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/whats-new.asp >> > >> >: Registers of Seamen's Services, 1853-1923 >> >: >> >: Our latest digitisation project will enable you to find the service >> >: records for any rating (non-Officer crew member) who joined the Royal >> >: Navy as a regular serviceman between 1853 and 1923. The Registers of >> >: Seamen's Services will help you find details about your ancestor's >> >: birth, their occupation and which ship or ships they served on, and in >> >: the later records a description of their physical appearance. >> > >> > In the Registers of Seamen's Services it gives a place of birth and a >> > date. Is the date the date of birth, or is it a date related to the >> > military service? >> > >> > -dja >> > >> >> I have a record in front of me, and the date is the date of birth. >> Unfortunately, this means that the record can't be the right person, as > the >> date of birth is much too late. > >