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New find of WWI records in Wiltshire...
« on: Friday 13 July 07 22:00 BST (UK) »
Hi Folks, Ive searched to see if this has been posted. Can't find anything...
Is this find of WW1 people only to be found on Ancestry?

Lesanne

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6890000/newsid_6897900/6897985.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1
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Berks Bucks Oxon= Norris Coxhead Turner Cox Weston Baston Simpson
Kent= Nicholls Mepstead Watts   Mile End=Craze Wood Bennett
Cork=Howe   NZ=Coxhead   Canada=Fenn Cox Turner

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Re: New find of WWI records in Wiltshire...
« Reply #1 on: Friday 13 July 07 22:53 BST (UK) »
Hi Lesanne,
     Have try ed to access your website 4 times over the past hour, keeps comming up "403-Forbidden". Access to this page forbidden or an error may have occurred.
     Reg.
ThaiThyme

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Re: New find of WWI records in Wiltshire...
« Reply #2 on: Friday 13 July 07 23:00 BST (UK) »
 Oh, don't know why, I just clicked on that link and it started the film...

It's on the   South Today  site

Just type.     South Today    and their page comes up.
Then under.    Top Stories   it says..
new source to find family

Lesanne  :)

try this.    http://www.bbc.co.uk/southtoday/
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Berks Bucks Oxon= Norris Coxhead Turner Cox Weston Baston Simpson
Kent= Nicholls Mepstead Watts   Mile End=Craze Wood Bennett
Cork=Howe   NZ=Coxhead   Canada=Fenn Cox Turner

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Re: New find of WWI records in Wiltshire...
« Reply #3 on: Friday 13 July 07 23:26 BST (UK) »
Are these the same records that have been available on Ancestry for a couple of months, or new ones?  It doesn't give much away does it?

It would be lovely if they have just been found in the last week or so.  I've been waiting for the next batch 'DEF' to come available.

Rosemary


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Re: New find of WWI records in Wiltshire...
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 14 July 07 02:54 BST (UK) »
Hi again,
     No Joy, using your 2nd address  it lets me go all the way till I reach "new source to find family..." as soon as I click this,  Windows Internet Explorer denies me access stating that this page is  FORBIDDEN ?
    First time this has ever happened, shall have to check this up.
     Regards   Reg.
ThaiThyme

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Re: New find of WWI records in Wiltshire...
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 14 July 07 08:09 BST (UK) »
Reg. I don't know about these things.  Would 'they' in technical know anything?

Rosemary. I hope its not on Ancestry as they have my email wrong and I cant access the site.
Could you look up William Coxhead b1899 Cookham/Maidenhead died 21 Sept 1918. Just before his 18th birthday.
My aunt saw this on telly last night.'Bill' is on CWGC site with no next of kin. She has sent lots of info but no obit which they insist she should have. Hoping this new info will give something else as proof for him.
Lesanne.
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Berks Bucks Oxon= Norris Coxhead Turner Cox Weston Baston Simpson
Kent= Nicholls Mepstead Watts   Mile End=Craze Wood Bennett
Cork=Howe   NZ=Coxhead   Canada=Fenn Cox Turner

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Re: New find of WWI records in Wiltshire...
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 14 July 07 08:33 BST (UK) »
Hi Reg and Lesanne

The site Lesanne posted is a BBC site.  I know that my sis who lives abroad sometimes has difficulty accessing BBC items - I think they pick the best bits and put them on a "worldwide" site, but I could be wrong about that.

kind regards, Arranroots  ;)

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Re: New find of WWI records in Wiltshire...
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 14 July 07 10:28 BST (UK) »
Hi Lesanne

I looked up William Coxhead on Ancestry (Military records).  It just kept bringing up Patrick Cassidy alias Boylen for some reason.  He was born in Dundee in 1879, so nothing matches.  Oh well, sorry about that.  Hopefully this new batch has nothing to do with Ancestry.

Rosemary

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Re: New find of WWI records in Wiltshire...
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 14 July 07 10:51 BST (UK) »
I was able to access the info without any trouble. If I read it right they have found a bunch of fairly detailed records that will be available on a commercial website, ie Ancestry I think, in the next year or so.

Soon, there will be a new source of information for all those whose relatives fought for the British Army during the First World War.

"One card I remember was absolutely full of information, including an address in Rhodesia. They now have another section of family to trace."
Bruce Simpson, Western Front AssociationIn a secret location in Wiltshire, enthusiasts from the Western Front Association have saved the records of five and a half million people.

The records, hand-written on cards, reveal the medals they received, how they progressed through the ranks and whether they survived or were killed in action.

They're now being scanned and will be available via a commercial website.

In less than a year, anyone who's interested will have access to them.

Here's a link to the website. Please note that it's not a BBC website and there may be a charge for accessing some of the information.

Ancestry website >
Lewis/Morgan - Carmarthenshire
Jones - Denbighshire
McCormack/McLoughlin - Liverpool
McKenzie - Liverpool/Lanarkshire/ Aus/USA/NZ
Ballantyne - Glasgow, Liverpool
Evans - Merionethshire
Turnell - Northamptonshire
Jones - Glamorgan
Wood - Nova Scotia, Mass, USA
Booth - Aus
Francis - Carmarthen
Griffiths - Glamorgan and Llanelli
Morgan - Llanelly, Pontardulais
Williams - Llanelly
Bryant ,Chesbro - Massachusetts, USA
Petrie - Connecticut, USA
Winters, Tetley,Oulds - Australia