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Andrew

Andrew Report 27 Jun 2003 16:50

simple enough question but it is bothering me a lot... If I want to find someone born in Greenwich am I better off searching for pob Greenwich or pob London. Alternatively should I provide more or less detail when entering pob details. If I include house and street details will I hamper other people's searches defined only by by district/town/city.

Martin

Martin Report 27 Jun 2003 17:01

I would search under every possible alternative i.e. London, Greenwich, the county that Greenwich is in (can't remember which), any areas within Greenwich, surrounding place names etc etc. You only have to look through the lists on names on DC to see that there is a wide range of ways of describing the place of birth. Martin

Researching:
BRISCOE POUNDER BOLTON STOKESLEY MIDDLETON_TYAS KIRKBYMOORSIDE LAVERTON KIRKBY_MALZEARD GREWELTHORPE GRANTLEY BRYNREFAIL DEINIOLEN TALYSARN TREALAW LLANFIHANGEL_BRYN_PABUAN MAESMYNIS

Andrew

Andrew Report 27 Jun 2003 17:06

Martin, thanks you are right. PoB is just a string. It will find a person via Greenwhich or London if they have both words in their PoB details. There is no knowledge that Greenwhich is in London. So the tip is as many words as possible in the description and in the searching.

Vera

Vera Report 27 Jun 2003 17:34

Andrew When searching I was always told that LESS is Best. Vera, Manchester LAN

Unknown

Unknown Report 27 Jun 2003 20:22

Hi Andrew, I have Greenwich, Greenwich West and Peckham in my lot. Jim