Hi rachel Dont know if the database has changed already, but there are 22 hits for albert birch, exact spelling. you can select soundex or exact kerri ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rachel Boyd" <rachel-boyd@sbcglobal.net> To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 1:19 AM Subject: Re: [MON] New Ancestry Databases > Good Morning, > I came across this the other day too, but it was shear luck that you > found your ggfather's records. I was looking for an Albert Birch, I got 3 > supposed hits, but two were George Birches and the third was somebody > Burch. So the search engine is currently only focusing on "sounds like" > surname. > > Rachel > CT, USA > > Net A <net.ambler@btinternet.com> wrote: > Morning all > > I was on www.ancestry.co.uk late last night looking for a marriage record > and noticed a new set of records. > > British Army WW1 Pension Records 1914 - 1920 Release One. > > At the moment they have only got records for surnames beginning with A and > B but it looks like a fabulous resource. I found my great grandfathers > sign up papers. He joined the army four days after his wedding and it has > his address and occupation and even his actual signature. I'm so pleased! > I can't wait till the other records are available. I also found early > discharge papers for another relative in 1917 so there appears to be a > range of records held in this database. > > Regards > Net > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >