I expected to find a lot of Featherstone's since Co. Durham is a hot bed of the surname, I was not wrong 39 entries, in at least 3 instances the name being used as a Christian or first name. But to uncover that many birth dates in a single search a very useful source. Paul 2627 Featherstone and variants worldwide. On 27/03/2016 15:01, Adrian Abbott via wrote: > Thanks to the Lost Cousins monthly newsletter I found today that the > Home Guard Records for County Durham are searchable on line at the > National Archives: > > http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/durham-home-guard-records-1939-1945/ > > Currently these are apparently the only county to be covered. You can > see the name and date of birth on the index; to see the actual record > by download costs £3.45 each. I found 8 possible ONS entries and > downloaded two of particular interest, because they were people I > hadn't found in the 1939 Register. As a result I now have found > another two Households in the 1939 Register which had been either > mistranscribed, or in one case it seems a complete page escaped being > transcribed. > > The download gives you: Name, Date of Birth, Birthplace (but not > always because the pro-forma changed), are you a British subject?, > Nationality of Parents at birth, Name and address of next of kin, > boxes to tick on understanding what you are committed to, service and > discharge dates and there is a space for things like special merit. I > would think it is only worth the download if you are particularly > interested in next of kin, which is what gave me the clues to find > entries in 1939. > > Adrian > > _____________________________________________

Oh dear - 277 for GRAY and 14 for GREY. At £3.45 per download - that is £960. I must start doing the "football pools" - or spend a day or two at the TNA at Kew. Chris -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of W. Paul Featherstone via Sent: 28 March 2016 12:01 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [G] Home Guard Records - County Durham I expected to find a lot of Featherstone's since Co. Durham is a hot bed of the surname, I was not wrong 39 entries, in at least 3 instances the name being used as a Christian or first name. But to uncover that many birth dates in a single search a very useful source. Paul 2627 Featherstone and variants worldwide. On 27/03/2016 15:01, Adrian Abbott via wrote: > Thanks to the Lost Cousins monthly newsletter I found today that the > Home Guard Records for County Durham are searchable on line at the > National Archives: > > http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides > /durham-home-guard-records-1939-1945/ > > Currently these are apparently the only county to be covered. You can > see the name and date of birth on the index; to see the actual record > by download costs 3.45 each. I found 8 possible ONS entries and > downloaded two of particular interest, because they were people I > hadn't found in the 1939 Register. As a result I now have found > another two Households in the 1939 Register which had been either > mistranscribed, or in one case it seems a complete page escaped being > transcribed. > > The download gives you: Name, Date of Birth, Birthplace (but not > always because the pro-forma changed), are you a British subject?, > Nationality of Parents at birth, Name and address of next of kin, > boxes to tick on understanding what you are committed to, service and > discharge dates and there is a space for things like special merit. I > would think it is only worth the download if you are particularly > interested in next of kin, which is what gave me the clues to find > entries in 1939. > > Adrian > > _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message