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WW11 missing soldiers

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'Emma'

'Emma' Report 2 Sep 2010 14:15

Thanks again Jonesey.

Jonesey

Jonesey Report 2 Sep 2010 14:12

Description of the database:

About England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976
This unique card index was compiled in England from the 1790s until about 1970 and features a collection of notices from newspapers and various official sources, such as the London Gazette. Approximately 250,000 cards include announcements of births, marriages, obituaries, and deaths abroad; notices of wills, unclaimed estates, and filings under the Colonial Probates Act of 1892 (which recognized probates from courts in British possessions); and advertisements for missing persons and people seeking next of kin. The original newspaper clippings on the cards sometimes include annotations referring to additional information from other sources.
The cards can have content on both the front and back. The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies notes that the index can be “useful for locating information about individuals who seem simply to disappear.”

Researching:
Don't put off until tomorrow doing what you can do today. If you like doing it today you can do it again tomorrow. Be kind to your children for it is they who will decide which care home you end up in.

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 2 Sep 2010 14:07

Thanks, just England and Wales then?

Jonesey

Jonesey Report 2 Sep 2010 14:05

Yes. England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976

Researching:
Don't put off until tomorrow doing what you can do today. If you like doing it today you can do it again tomorrow. Be kind to your children for it is they who will decide which care home you end up in.

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 2 Sep 2010 14:01

According to a newspaper 335,000 press clippings of soldiers
missing in action are to be published by a family history website.
Also obituaries,wills and BMD's spanning 1700's to 1976.
Doesn't name the site.
Simon Ziviani of Ancestry said "This will be useful in tracing
ancestors who escaped other historical sources." "The
information included in this collection is vast." Is it Ancestry?