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Ancestry

• UK and Allied Countries, World War II Air Combat Reports, 1939-1945
• Royal Hospital Chelsea Returns of Payment of Army and Other Pensions, 1842-1883
• Ireland Cemetery Collection, 1865-2023
• Aberdeen Roll of Honour, 1914-1918, 1939-1945
• Scotland,

Deciphering and understanding weird and wonderful descriptions in handwritten documents can be intriguing, fascinating and downright frustrating.

But there is help at hand.

One of our members reached out. Her mystery word? "Summervoise or Summervoife or ???"

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Ancestry

• British Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849
• Irish Directories pre-1823 editions
• Northern Ireland, Freeholders Records
• Northern Ireland, Valuation Revision Books, 1864-1933;
• Canada 1931 Census
• Czech Republic: Prague, Fallen

Ancestry

• London, Kensington and Chelsea Electoral Registers, 1889-1970
• East Sussex, Wills and Probate, 1518-1858
• West Sussex, Wills and Probate, 1521-1858
• Hampshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1536-1812
• Hampshire,

The following article is reproduced verbatim from Western Ancestor, Vol.1 No.1, published in March 1979 (page 3).  

A HISTORY OF OUR GROUP

by B.J. Croker

Early in 1975 Mr Tony Morton of South Perth placed an

Ancestry

• UK and Ireland, Families of Historic Properties, 1222-1967
• Ireland Criminal Records, 1780-1871
• Ireland Medical Registers, 1859-1943
• Ireland, Kirkpatrick Index of Physician Biographical Files, 1826-1952
• Australia, Applications to Enlist

Anyone with South African ancestors will be well advised to check out the March 2023 issue of Ancestor, the journal of the

Ancestry

• Girls' Day School Trust Records, 1873-1950
• Hampshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1921
• Ireland, Jameson Bottling Agreements with Publicans, 1909–1965
• Scotland, Burial Monument Inscriptions, 1507-2019
• U.S., Florida,

Ancestry 

• UK, British Air Force Lists, 1919-1922 and 1938-1945
• Berkshire: World War II Related Miscellaneous Records, 1939-1971; II Home Guard Records, 1943-1958; Civil Defence Records, 1939-1945; Evacuation Records, 1939-1945
• Finland, Karelia, Church Records,

Initially developed by Steve Howell, in his capacity as the State Library's WA History Specialist, Dead Reckoning remains relevant to all family history researchers endeavouring to understand and access West Australian records.