Geoffs Search Engine for ww2 - Page 4

Hugh MacLean · 27-11-2007, 08:31 PM

Geoff,
Just to add my congratulations on a great resource. This is long overdue and will help many. Look forward to when you have the Commonwealth units and Civillian War Dead indexed.

Best wishes
Hugh

geoff501 · 05-12-2007, 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hugh MacLean

Geoff,
Look forward to when you have the Commonwealth units and Civillian War Dead indexed.

Hugh,

The Civilian War Dead are already included in this first release. Select 'Civilian War Dead' in the regiment selector.
It may be during the Christmas break, that I will find time to add more. Who decided to only put 24 hours in a day!

Geoff

Gotthard Heinrici · 05-12-2007, 02:37 PM

Geoff, I'm wondering if it is planned to include any Irish who may have died in the service of HM's Forces?

geoff501 · 27-12-2007, 07:57 PM

I have just updated the WW2 search engine, it now holds over 99.9% of records indexed - all nationalities.
Still to add the forename field, this will come some time later.
What you see running on the server is around 5% of the total software required to get this project running, been quite a journey.
Things are running slow today, guess the whole world is on-line, took quite a while to get the site updated. Hope it runs OK for you all, hope I have all the bugs sorted

geoff

geoff501 · 02-01-2008, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gotthard Heinrici

Geoff, I'm wondering if it is planned to include any Irish who may have died in the service of HM's Forces?

Enter republic of ireland in the Including field.

Owen · 03-01-2008, 01:03 AM

Just looked up Swindon War Dead.

Quote:

Search results for: + swindon. records found: 352

Great stuff.
Edit, ah some are the other "Swindons" not just the Wiltshire one.
Of course our cousin on the Malta memorial isn't on that search as there is no reference to his hometown on his entry.
Did find this Geordie lad, Richard Swindon.
CWGC :: Casualty Details

Hugh MacLean · 03-01-2008, 11:30 AM

Nice one - great work and thank you.

Regards
Hugh

geoff501 · 03-01-2008, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Owen D

Just looked up Swindon War Dead.

Great stuff.
Edit, ah some are the other "Swindons" not just the Wiltshire one.
Of course our cousin on the Malta memorial isn't on that search as there is no reference to his hometown on his entry.
Did find this Geordie lad, Richard Swindon.
CWGC :: Casualty Details

A nice example of the search engine minefield.
You could put swindon in one including field and wilt in the other (wilt will find Wiltshire and Wilts.) However if 'Wiltshire' is missing from some records these will not be found!
In some cases it may be necessary (advisable) to manualy filter the data, the search engine is a search engine not a database so it may not be 100% correct in the report.
Your Malta cousin is one of those with no additional place name data in the Info field, not sure about WW2 but the WW1 database has around 50-60% with info. I believe non-UK records (except possibly India) have a higher percentage of additional info data.

geoff

geoff501 · 03-01-2008, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Owen D

Of course our cousin on the Malta memorial isn't on that search as there is no reference to his hometown on his entry.

For WW1 (UK), 60% have some additional info and 57% have age given.
For WW2 (UK), its 75% and 81% respectively.

Ron Goldstein · 03-01-2008, 12:10 PM

Hi Geoff

Have been following this thread with much interest and am an immense admirer of the whole concept of your project.

One query.

If I key in to the search box "4th Queen's Own Hussars" I get 182 hits, all men from the regiment who died in ww2 and are in the CWGC records.

If I try to do the same with the 49th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment I get zilch.
I understand by now the problems one gets if the search data doesn't "talk" to the data in the actual database so I went back to the CWGC entry for a previously established "found".

I know one comrade who is buried in Italy, I have in fact visited his grave at Cassino.

His name is Geoffrey Burnard and on the CWGC site his unit is listed as 49 Lt. A.A. Rgt,
(Exactly as that, including the spaces).

Using the same criteria I tried to find other war dead from the same regiment but no joy.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Ron

05-12-2007, 02:37 PM	#33 (permalink)
Gotthard Heinrici Ostfront is where its at! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,869	Geoff, I'm wondering if it is planned to include any Irish who may have died in the service of HM's Forces? __________________ *"The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse."* - General Heinz Guderian

03-01-2008, 12:10 PM	#40 (permalink)
Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London, England Posts: 820	Geoffs Search Engine Hi Geoff Have been following this thread with much interest and am an immense admirer of the whole concept of your project. One query. If I key in to the search box "4th Queen's Own Hussars" I get 182 hits, all men from the regiment who died in ww2 and are in the CWGC records. If I try to do the same with the 49th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment I get zilch. I understand by now the problems one gets if the search data doesn't "talk" to the data in the actual database so I went back to the CWGC entry for a previously established "found". I know one comrade who is buried in Italy, I have in fact visited his grave at Cassino. His name is Geoffrey Burnard and on the CWGC site his unit is listed as 49 Lt. A.A. Rgt, (Exactly as that, including the spaces). Using the same criteria I tried to find other war dead from the same regiment but no joy. What am I doing wrong? Thanks Ron __________________ If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? Rabbi Hillel circa 30 BCE I was "Called-up" in Oct 1942 Served as a Wireless-Op with the 49th LAA (78 Div) from Apr 1943 to Dec 1944 (North Africa,Sicily,Italy, Egypt). The Regiment was disbanded in Dec 1944 and I was retrained (in Italy) by the Royal Armoured Corps. Served as a Loader-Op with the 4th QOH from Mar 1945 to Jan 1946 (Italy, Austria, Germany) Finished up as Tech Cpl for "A" Sqdrn. I was "De-mobbed" in Apr 1947 Last edited by Ron Goldstein; 03-01-2008 at 12:51 PM. Reason: typo

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27-11-2007, 08:31 PM	#31 (permalink)
Hugh MacLean Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 72	Geoff, Just to add my congratulations on a great resource. This is long overdue and will help many. Look forward to when you have the Commonwealth units and Civillian War Dead indexed. Best wishes Hugh

27-12-2007, 07:57 PM	#34 (permalink)
geoff501 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 190	I have just updated the WW2 search engine, it now holds over 99.9% of records indexed - all nationalities. Still to add the forename field, this will come some time later. What you see running on the server is around 5% of the total software required to get this project running, been quite a journey. Things are running slow today, guess the whole world is on-line, took quite a while to get the site updated. Hope it runs OK for you all, hope I have all the bugs sorted geoff

03-01-2008, 11:30 AM	#37 (permalink)
Hugh MacLean Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 72	Nice one - great work and thank you. Regards Hugh

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