New Ancestry file updates & offers

all available free and easily searchable and continually updated and with many of the errors in that database corrected and with better information on ;

RAF Commmands forum CWCG database

 

As the title mentions, Ancestry have just added RAF Operational Record Books 1911-1963 to their site:

https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62280/?sf157135778=1

 

I think at the moment the search is a bit limited only covering early War (but I could be wrong), but if you go to the browse collection its got drop downs of Squadrons etc then they give date ranges covering a larger span

 

What do they mean by ORBs ? There are millions of them ! Do they have the one for the Marine Craft Repair Unit , Alexandria for example ? Or just the ones already downloadable for free from Kew ?

 

Hi

They have the Army Casualty lists on Ancestry now.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62623/

Gus

 

The 1921 censuses are coming on Ancestry on the 7th January 2025, but and there is always a but with Ancestry are they going to be the transcribed results from Findmypast ?

Date revealed for 1921 census coming to Ancestry | Who Do You Think You Are Magazine

Although Ancestry would not confirm the origins of their transcription, access given to Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine to a beta version suggests that the company has licensed the transcription from Findmypast. This will be disappointing news to family historians hoping for a new transcription of the census. For the 1911 census Ancestry teamed up with TheGenealogist to create a new transcription. Initially Findmypast was criticised for the quality of its transcription of the 1921 census, but the company has since worked hard to correct errors submitted by users.

 

A very helpful member on the Medal Forum has posted that Ancestry has a 50% off deal on a 12-month membership at the moment, so Premium is £59.99 for the year and Worldwide membership is £89.99. The offer is valid until 12 January if anyone is interested.

One helpful tip I see on that forum is to switch off the automatic renewal option, which apparently makes it a bit easier to get a better renewal deal at the end of your year.

New Years Discount

(I’ve also posted this in the research section)

 

A very helpful member on the Medal Forum has posted that Ancestry has a 50% off deal on a 12-month membership at the moment, so Premium is £59.99 for the year and Worldwide membership is £89.99. The offer is valid until 12 January if anyone is interested.

One helpful tip I see on that forum is to switch off the automatic renewal option, which apparently makes it a bit easier to get a better renewal deal at the end of your year.

New Years Discount

 

The 1921 census are NOT transcribed get in well Happy with that.

 

Thanks for highlighting this Deacs, very much appreciated.

A search just by christian name, surname, and place of birth found the Coldstream (and his pals) I was looking for straight away. Excellent stuff

Kind regards, keep searching, always,

Jim.

 

Not a problem Jim

Regards Mike