It could be that they are locations taken down from the Ancestry family trees. A few years ago the Ancestry messed up a lot of locations. If England was not specified it would often try to find an American location that was similar. I also have seen a lot showing one particular CWGC cemetery in France. But you often see ones there with a six(?) figure number, no idea what they are supposed to mean but they seem to have been inserted by Ancestry's family tree system. Martin Briscoe Fort William martin@mbriscoe.me.uk -----Original Message----- From: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pam Sent: 23 May 2012 10:47 To: YORKSGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [YORKSGEN] Using numbers for locations I have come across various listings for people giving numbers instead of a name for the location. Presumably this is some sort of code and I think I have heard of it before, but would like to know where I can find a key or directory, so I can work out where these places are. Thanks in anticipation. Pam

I asked about this on a ROOTSWEB Ancestry board and got a reply from someone who has been complaining to Ancestry for years (without success of course!). I tried to find the records he sent by searching Ancestry Public Member Trees but can't find them so just retyped them here Name John Savage Birth 1844 in 1652233, Denbighshire, [county], Wales Name Gertrude Jones Birth 1894 in 1651600, Flintshire, , Wales Death 1953 in 1651600, Flintshire, , Wales Name Joseph Jones Birth 1868 in 1652233, Denbighshire, [county], Wales The appearance of the same numbers suggest it might be an internal code for a location. Martin Briscoe Fort William martin@mbriscoe.me.uk -----Original Message----- From: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Martin Briscoe Sent: 23 May 2012 11:24 To: YORKSGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] Using numbers for locations It could be that they are locations taken down from the Ancestry family trees. A few years ago the Ancestry messed up a lot of locations. If England was not specified it would often try to find an American location that was similar. I also have seen a lot showing one particular CWGC cemetery in France. But you often see ones there with a six(?) figure number, no idea what they are supposed to mean but they seem to have been inserted by Ancestry's family tree system. Martin Briscoe Fort William martin@mbriscoe.me.uk -----Original Message----- From: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pam Sent: 23 May 2012 10:47 To: YORKSGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [YORKSGEN] Using numbers for locations I have come across various listings for people giving numbers instead of a name for the location. Presumably this is some sort of code and I think I have heard of it before, but would like to know where I can find a key or directory, so I can work out where these places are. Thanks in anticipation. Pam ..... Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message