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Offline Jean McGurn

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WWI Servicemens Records
« on: Sunday 29 June 08 07:39 BST (UK) »
Since the WWI Servicemens records came online on Ancestry, I have been searching for various ancestors.

I have noticed however that next to some names they have alternative names logged against them. Yet when you hold your mouse over them the new name, in a lot of cases, bears no resemblence to the name shown by Ancestry.

Anyone got any idea why? Surely there can't be that many with the wrong name when enlisted.

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McGurn, Stables, Harris, Owens, Bellis, Stackhouse, Darwent, Co(o)mbe

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Re: WWI Servicemens Records
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 29 June 08 11:26 BST (UK) »
If another name is in square brackets it is usually a correction supplied by a subscriber to correct Ancestry's initial indexing.

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Re: WWI Servicemens Records
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 29 June 08 16:19 BST (UK) »
That's what I thought but surely so many can't be wrong? Unless a subscriber is putting down a family connection?

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McGurn, Stables, Harris, Owens, Bellis, Stackhouse, Darwent, Co(o)mbe
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