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I’ve never been happy with the concept that it’s OK for any government to sell off databases of people who have registered to vote or who have motor vehicle licences or car registrations or pensions or anything at all to whoever comes up with the cash. Info on the Electoral Commission site I previo...

Hi Mo

You're disqualified from answering my Scottish-Polish surnames post , but can you add any more such surnames?

Orraverybest

David

When searching for the Italian connection I found this interesting article about the Scots in Poland. http://www.scotland.org/about/history-tradition-and-roots/features/culture/1576.html Now that's precisely the type of info that I'll be presenting. Anyone care to venture an opinion on the origin o...

hi David I have decided to make the trip to Edinburgh and see what I can find out. Have already found by remotely searching the archives the decree of declarator of marriage and for payment of expenses by the first wife but so far no record of the bigamy trial. I have also searched the Scotsman but...

PS DVLA in Swansea (for non-UK readers, the driver licensing authority, and the vehicle licensing authority in the UK), also sell your details to anyone prepared to pay the price; and there's no box you can tick to opt out :!: :evil: dww I thought ALL organsiations had to provide the option to stop...

.....snipped........... If current electoral roll info is being made available to organisations such as “onlinesearches” you would imagine there would be some sort of reference to such on the website of the Government Authority responsible for such data whatever that may be. If such info is to be m...

In this case "UK" means at least England, Scotland and Wales, but Ah ain't sure if N Ireland is included.............

David

Just to emphasize that http://www.ancestorsonboard.com/ has now online, pay per view or subscription basis, the extant outgoing passenger lists for ships leaving the UK, 1890 - 1960, be that to N America, Australasia, or elsewhere in the world

David

Index to Evening Times roll of honour is here: http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Libraries/Collections/FamilyHistory/eveningtimesrollofhonour.htm During the First World War, the Evening Times newspaper printed short biographies of service personnel who were reported lost, missing or wounded. M...

Note that the medal card images are of the front of the card, and don't include the backof the card, - there's an outside chance of additional info, including an address, on the back of the card, - but you'll have to visit TNA or get someone to do that for you. Unfortunately the Commonwealth Graves ...