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Title: Forces war records Website
Post by: markharrison1973 on Thursday 27 September 18 22:04 BST (UK)
Just wondering if anyone has any experience of using the forces war records website. Do they have any additional records that are not already on Ancestry or Find My Past or is it just all the readily available collated together on one war based site.
Title: Re: Forces war records Website
Post by: youngtug on Friday 28 September 18 00:15 BST (UK)
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=776050.msg6296930#msg6296930
Title: Re: Forces war records Website
Post by: philipsearching on Friday 28 September 18 00:34 BST (UK)
My advice: don't waste your money!

Philip
Title: Re: Forces war records Website
Post by: Regorian on Friday 28 September 18 08:23 BST (UK)
They bombard me with messages almost every day. I ignore them.
Title: Re: Forces war records Website
Post by: markharrison1973 on Friday 28 September 18 09:58 BST (UK)
Thanks guys. Glad I asked before parting with any cash. Hopefully I won't get bombarded with emails after my initial registration.
Title: Re: Forces war records Website
Post by: youngtug on Friday 28 September 18 15:16 BST (UK)
Don't bet on it.
Title: Re: Forces war records Website
Post by: HarbourDog on Thursday 27 December 18 13:14 GMT (UK)
Quote from: markharrison1973 on Thursday 27 September 18 22:04 BST (UK)
Just wondering if anyone has any experience of using the forces war records website. Do they have any additional records that are not already on Ancestry or Find My Past or is it just all the readily available collated together on one war based site.

Forces War Records don't actually have any records!! It's just a scam; they have a huge databases of records that exist, but they don't have any of them, you get access to absolutely nothing. Stay away!
Title: Re: Forces war records Website
Post by: dowdstree on Friday 28 December 18 11:21 GMT (UK)
You are absolutely correct HarbourDog it is just a ploy to get you to part with your cash.

Stay clear of this site.

We must also remember that a large percentage of WW1 records were destroyed during a bombing raid in WW2 so many records no longer exist sadly.

Dorrie
Title: Re: Forces war records Website
Post by: king ranger on Wednesday 09 January 19 02:12 GMT (UK)
Not only do they keep sending offers i never noticed once my month was up that because i did not message and cancel they took another month from my account.Stay well away.

                                           Colin.
Title: Re: Forces war records Website
Post by: barryd on Wednesday 09 January 19 05:01 GMT (UK)
Sometimes a War Related Question is unanswerable. One of the best sites in general is RootsChat. One of the hardest questions of mine  involved a extremely distant family of mine in England, South Africa,  Australia and later British Guiana. The South African Roots Chatters did the impossible.

Another involved thee WW1 soldiers killed on Christmas Day. I had thought they had been careless but no they were hit in a dugout by a German shell.

Always try RootsChat first.
Title: Re: Forces war records Website
Post by: markharrison1973 on Wednesday 09 January 19 08:42 GMT (UK)
Thanks guys. Think I managed to find all the available records between Ancestry and Find My Past.
To be fair I haven't had too many messages from the Forces War Site.
Title: Re: Forces war records Website
Post by: dowdstree on Wednesday 09 January 19 10:22 GMT (UK)
Good warning Colin thanks. It's the same with other pay sites if you forget to cancel you get stung for another month's subs.

Barryd I agree with you about RootsChat and it only costs you a Thank You.


Dorrie