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Family History Beginners Board / Family Search - Person Codes
« on: Tuesday 20 May 25 11:46 BST (UK)  »
Not sure if this is the place to ask.  When searching the LDS Family Search site, the results sometimes show a person together with what appears to be an individual code.  Variants of this carry through marriage and presumably extend to any issue.  These mostly appear on published family trees.

An example taken from a published tree taken more or less at random, shows:  John Horrocks 1783-1841 2:2:QFR8-QVW  His wife was Hannah Ball 1785-1860 2:2:QFR8-QV4

The first part is self explanatory, but can someone tell me where the codes 2:2:QFR8-QVW  and 2:2:QFR8-QV4 originate and, in simple terms what each part represents?  Does Family Search still pursue this coding system for new additions to the database or is it a survivor of the early days prior to computerisation.  I've not noticed it being used on any of the other major genealogical sites so I assume it must be related purely to the LDS Church and Family Search.

Thanks for any help.

I have tried the LDS site but am unable to locate an explanation.

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Family History Beginners Board / Abbreviation in published family tree
« on: Tuesday 28 January 25 11:26 GMT (UK)  »
I have a copy of a family tree.  in the space below the marriage details some of the lines point to 2 children, 3 children etc.

However some point to simply:  d.s.p     

Logically this would indicate no children, or "no issue" to use the legal term.  Has anyone encountered this and can tell me what these letters stand for?

Thanks for any help.

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Does anyone know a way of exporting search results from Ancestry/FindMyPast etc to a format capable of being imported into a spreadsheet?  There is no way of saving the search results in such a format that I can find.

The only way I can see would be to save the web page in PDF format and then use a program (£) to convert that to Excel format (.xlsx or comma/tab-delimited), assuming that is possible.  Messy, but possibly the only way.

MacOS 13.7 (Ventura)

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Australia / UK Citizen Death in Aus
« on: Tuesday 17 October 23 10:58 BST (UK)  »
A fairly distant relative died suddenly whilst on a visit to Australia some time between 1976 and 1994, exactly where remains unknown.  He was born in Derbyshire and at one time was a leading figure with the Young Farmers Clubs; attempts to trace him through them have met with no response.  Any relatives who may have known him have moved and most likely passed on.

Most of the databases deal with deaths of Australian citizens so no luck there.  I have tried to trace him via UK local newspapers obituaries but unfortunately there are several people with the same name also connected with Farming.  However I try to reframe the query finds one of these. 

Has anyone any suggestions as to how I could trace him? 

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Army Discharge Document
« on: Friday 29 September 23 16:18 BST (UK)  »
Attached is a section from the Army Book which relates to the Boer Wars.  My relative was discharged in January 1901.  The columns are headed:

Cause (of discharge), Rank & Character, Rate of Pension Awarded (if any), Remarks

The first two columns are clear, he was invalided out with the rank of Private.  However, the right hand two columns are unclear.  The pension appears to be "Indifferent" and the remarks are unclear - at least to me.

Does anyone have any idea as to what the wording in the two right hand columns is?

Any help appreciated.  I'm not really sure whether this is the best Roots Chat forum for this or one of the Military sections.

 

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Family History Beginners Board / Find Children of given parents
« on: Tuesday 29 August 23 11:14 BST (UK)  »
Having discovered the marriage of two ancestors, how can I find any children from that marriage without knowing their given names.

Thus:  Emily Elizbeth Bloggs married George W(?) Jones in Manchester in 1937.  They probably had children but I don't know any names, other than they would be John/Jane Jones and born (say) 1936 to 1950.

In computer language I would use * Jones between 1936 & 1950 but this doesn't work.

Would I use the mother's name as Emily Jones or her maiden name of Emily Bloggs?

I'm assuming that whatever terms used would work in any of the major Family History databases.

Anyone any ideas?

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World War Two / Air Ministry Acronyms
« on: Tuesday 11 July 23 18:20 BST (UK)  »
As part of my researches, I have noted several acronyms used by the RAF or the Air Ministry in connection with:-

"Night Combat Trials with a Lancaster: F.I.U. Report No. 201”  A version of this report is contained in the “Lancaster Pocket Manual” originally published by the Air Ministry.  pp 49-58  (Edition published by Osprey, 2017)

Since it is not clear from the report, does anyone know what the following stand for:

F.I.U
A.F.D.U.
B.D.U.  as in, “…. a Lancaster from B.D.U. arrived…”

Where can I find a copy of the original report?  Logic suggests the National Archives at Kew under the AIR section, although I have not been able to find it.  It is possible a copy is in the RAF Museum at Hendon although they are now closed until April 2024.

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World War Two / Bomber routes to Germany (Aachen)
« on: Thursday 15 December 22 12:11 GMT (UK)  »
I have obtained an aircraft loss card (Lancaster ND389) which shows several of what I think are navigational 'way points' which may indicate the route taken on a bombing raid to Aachen in April 1944. This was from RAF Wyton (83 Sqdn Pathfinder Base), to the Dutch coast, towards Cologne and then south past Aachen, swinging round to the south of the town and approaching it from the East.  At this point bombs would have been dropped and the aircraft would return towards the Dutch coast only to be shot down near Antwerp. 

The above is the result of a very rudimentary plot of the course.  Tthe internet based maps are of varying scales and multiple sheets which makes the gaining of an overall picture something of an impossibility.  In any event the 'way points' are few in number which leaves scope for much guesswork.  So far I've not been able to obtain a map of a reasonable scale such that a single sheet would cover the area I need - most cover way too far to the east

Full navigational details would have been given at operation briefing, but I wonder if there are any maps, official or otherwise, showing some of the more common routes taken?  Places to avoid would have been generally known by mid 1944, so there may have been some commonality to the routes which together with the loss card data might enable me to build up a clearer picture of the route taken in this case. 

Any information on how navigation worked would be appreciated.  My Grammar School maths teacher was a navigator with Bomber Command but like many who went through it, he said very little.

Co-ordinates on the loss card are not clear but my interpretation is:

Base   5242N  00:5W  (RAF Wyton Nr Huntingdon Cambs)
5200N 0330E
5044N  0610E
5200N  0330E
5100N   0620E

Aachen  LAT 50.766  LNG  06.0831

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World War Two / Aircraft Loss Card
« on: Friday 23 September 22 09:40 BST (UK)  »
I have obtained a copy of the aircraft loss card for Lancaster ND389 of 83 Sdn PFF, which came down near Beerse in Belgium with the loss of all the crew.

The image is derived from microfiche so is not up to modern standards.  However it appears that a section deals with Equipment.  Can anyone offer any help with interpretation?

My first thought is that the plane was equipped with ? H2S, but can anyone help with the other items?

EDIT:  Having had another look I think it is Gee a navigation system, and H2S, which I believe was a ground radar used for bomb aiming, but I'm still unable to decipher the rest of the clip.

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