Genealogy Chat

I ordered my g.g.grandfathers records from their site a few days ago and after i paid my money by card as instructed a message flashed to say they would be in touch shortly, does anyone know how long it normally takes please as it was £20 and ive not heard anything or recieved anything in the post
vivienne

Which site and for which period?

1st The Qeens dragoon guard ..official website..
He enlisted in 1860 aged 16 i believe and died
before 1881 which was one reson for getting it so i can find out where and when he died
thanks vivienne

Hadn't seen that site before -interesting. Usually, though, regimental museums don't hold much personal info on their men and they do say that they can't guarantee what info you're going to get. Hope you're lucky though! I would imagine they are fairly busy and short staffed,so you might have a bit of a wait. You could always ring or email them and ask.

Will ring next week if still no joy
thanks annielaurie
vivienne

Hi Vivienne,
Most site I have looked at for war records have indicated that it can take many weeks if not months before anything is forthcoming.Irrespective of the amount of information found, that's the cost you pay.
Paul

Thank you Paul i will bear that in mind while im seething with impatience to get them!!!
vivienne

Paul,, just a thought but do you know a good site for ww1 naval casualties???as im not having much luck in finding one as ancestry and the national archives dont have the name im looking for
thanks
vivienne

Have you tried Commonwealth war graves site, or documentsonline?

yes annielaurie but only soldiers no naval casualties with his name and i have a 3month navy service that i got from nat archives and his daughter told her daughter[hope you follow that]she was told he was lost sea which is why im trying to find him in naval casualties
or maybe he was on a troop ship that went down and was a soldier which is looking more likely as there is a medal in his name and some war graves have his name but unfortunatley nothing has the age on ,they all say age unknown.think that one will remain a mystery for now unless theres somewhere i can get a copy of the telegram his wife would have recieved>
thanks
vivienne

What was his name? What dates and ships does his naval record cover?

Martin murphy 25/9/1889 liverpool
ship "acheron" from 16/12/1909 to 21/2/1910

under dischared whither and for what is says "run chat" which might maen chatham barracks?
remarks coloum says
cannot count merchant service towards ,gc,badges 10/8139cs run 21/2/10 acheron
have searched for merchant navy servicerecords for him but nothing came up ,but no doubt im not looking in the right place and its right under my nose!!!
hope you understood all of the above better than me
viv
ps. gotta go out for an hour but will be back to check later

So he was discharged from the Navy in 1910? Merchant Navy records aren't online - they are at the National Archives.

If he was in the Army in WW1, and was killed, his records won't be on Ancestry. They are only up to surnames beginning A-H, so they might appear later!

Thanks for that info didnt know those things.
i have a friend in north london who might go to kew for me so will try that next
thanks for all the help
vivienne

Hi Vivienne,
For Naval records try the helpful people at The British Merchant Navy website:

http://67.220.225.15/~mercmzbm/

They will have the knowledge to tell you the best way to proceed.
Cheers
Paul

Thanks for that Paul will give it a go
vivienne