Howard, Thanks for that. I think I came across this a few years ago, while it was just still being set up. I was expecting (and found) in a few minutes all sorts of military appointments. Some known, some new. What I hadn't realised was how many bankrupts, folk with swine fever, and business dissolutions there seem to be in the family closets. I may be head-and-shoulders into this website for some time to come. Regards, John In message <ECB2E27C732C422EA485ACD15C2C48C7@howard>, Howard Geddes <hw_02-lst-abn@hwg59lists.waitrose.com> writes >I've just come across a new-to-me resource: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk. >Fully searchable, and free, and with some relevance to Scotland. Worth a >try. I found the announcement of my gtgtgdfather dissolving a business >partnership with his father in 1854. That was news to me! Howard Geddes > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- John Lovie

I'm not sure that its too well known outside of the legal profession in England & Wales that the London Gazette is the required venue of the Probate Registry (in England & Wales) for Solicitor publication in the name of Administrators (Intestate) of an Estate and for publication of professional notices which is probably why it generates so much of that kind of information. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Lovie" <john.lovie@unco.demon.co.uk> > Howard, > > Thanks for that. I think I came across this a few years ago, while it > was just still being set up. > > I was expecting (and found) in a few minutes all sorts of military > appointments. Some known, some new. > > What I hadn't realised was how many bankrupts, folk with swine fever, > and business dissolutions there seem to be in the family closets. I may > be head-and-shoulders into this website for some time to come. > > Regards, > John