Findmypast this Friday

[Sloe Gin]

Had no luck trying to find my great grandfather's army records.  I know he was in the 1st WW as I have a picture of him in his uniform..

Was he in the British Army?  If so, there are two possible reasons why you may not be finding his record.  First, as you probably know, the majority of WWI service records were destroyed in a WWII air raid (the surviving records can be found on Ancestry*).  Secondly, if your GGF remained in service or re-enlisted after 1920, his records will still be held by the MoD.

*Unless he was an officer, in which case they may be held by TNA or MoD.

[Ruskie]

I just had my 90 minute session. I think I was cut off about 5 minutes early though, according to my clock. Never mind - I can't complain. 

So as England are playing again on Sunday does anyone know if will FindMyPast definitely be offering the same free deal again?

[AnneMc]

Sloe Gin:

I know he did not stay in the army as he was a gamekeeper, it is just my luck that his records probably got burned...

Anne

[Ringoroses]

From their site:

Every time England play in a World Cup match you can view all the records* on findmypast for FREE at a time that suits you – just register by midnight (UK time) the day before

Don't suppose they were expecting them to actually get beyond the first stage - or for so many of us to take advantage of their kind offer 

Ann

[seahall]

Hi All.

We had 3 hrs as both my friend and I are registered.

I downloaded 300+ images all army though, so much easier
than having to look one by one for individual families.

Ruskie the World Cup Blog still has Wednesday/Thursday
offer displayed, so it will be announced soon I am sure.

Thanks FindMyPast yet again.

Sandy

[Sloe Gin]

Don't suppose they were expecting them to actually get beyond the first stage

The blog entry of 18 June does display a certain lack of confidence in the team's prospects ....   

For a chance to win the prize, send us your answers to all the competition questions when England get knocked out of the competition - we’ll give you details of how to enter then. Remember to make a note of your answer to each part of the competition - you’ll need to send us your answers in one bundle after England get knocked out.

[Ringoroses]

Well, we were all thinking it...weren't we

[Leofric]

Well, this time I did manage to find a few documents, mainly census with which I was well pleased.

To make the most of it though, I saved them (click here to save to your computer) not the actual images, just the transcripts.

But now, when I try to access them, a box appears saying that the file is unrecognised by microsoft - it then asks if you'd like to to be directed to the web for 'help' which leads only to solutions costing money for that help.

Did anyone else experience this, and if so have you resolved it?

Leofric

[stonechat]

Hi
were you using Internet Explorer? Not sure what you have saved - was it a htm or mnt file?