Sorry! In the second paragraph the date should also be 1855, not 1885. Lilian [email protected] wrote: > > Subject: > > ROSSGEN-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 26 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [RossGen] Search Tips [Lilian Campbell <[email protected]>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from ROSSGEN-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [RossGen] Search Tips > Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 19:17:48 -0500 > From: Lilian Campbell <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Have just been re-reading the GRO info leaflets and figured out one > problem that was keeping me from getting results! While the IGI will > pull up entries for e.g."Anne" when one enters "Ann" on the search > form, the GRO form will not without using wildcards. > > Another useful bit of info I found is that the year 1855 entries for > Births, Deaths and Marriages can have a lot of information e.g. names > and ages of surviving deceased person's children on the person's Death > Certificate; or names, ages and places of birth of the mother's previous > children on an 1885 birth certificate etc.I'm now planning to try to > find siblings etc if my direct ancestors didn't have anything happening > that year, to see what family history I can glean from these extracts. > > Lilian > > Lilian Campbell