Simon Morris wrote: > ecunningham wrote: >> Simon Morris wrote: >> >>> I'd be very grateful if anyone who has a copy of "Colonial Families >>> of Philadelphia" would turn to page 122 and post/email me what it >>> says there about the Faulkner family. >> >> Simon: Is this where you found the info or does this add some for you? >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/philadelphia/jordan.htm >> > > You guessed it - that's where I found the information. > >> Also Google Books finds numerous libraries that have it if no one >> responds. > > Thanks very much - I didn't know Google Books knew about physical > libraries. Unfortunately I'm based in the UK (though one of those > Faulkners was my great-grandfather), and Google doesn't know about any > libraries here that have the book - but I'll be visiting Virginia next > month, where there are some copies, so that could be a good fallback for > me. OCLC unveils global Web site: The world’s libraries. Connected. oclc.org is a consolidated Web presence that brings together sites for every geographic region OCLC serves, providing a single access point for global and regional information about OCLC. The new site went live February 11 and is another step in an ongoing process of change that OCLC is going through to serve libraries as a global cooperative with a global strategy and global focus. http://www.bl.uk/ http://catalogue.bl.uk/ looks as if they don't have it nearest HARPER, Lillie Du Puy Van Culin. Colonial Men and Times. Containing the Journal of Col. Daniel Trabue; the Huguenots; Genealogy, with brief sketches of the alli 1916 9907.h.4. GLENN, Thomas Allen. Some Colonial Mansions, and those who lived in them. With genealogies of the various families mentioned. 1898-99. ========================================================= LC Control No.: 11009544 LCCN Permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/11009544 Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) Personal Name: Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921, ed. Main Title: Colonial families of Philadelphia. Published/Created: New York : Lewis Pub. Co., 1911. Description: 2v. ill.,ports. 28cm. http://catalog.loc.gov/ they have three copies at least so your local library in England can get it for you on interlibrary loan (via BL documantation centre in Lincolnshire Hugh W -- For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and district http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brycgstow/ http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:44:48 +0100, Hugh Watkins wrote: > http://catalog.loc.gov/ > > they have three copies at least so your local library in England can get > it for you on interlibrary loan > (via BL documantation centre in Lincolnshire > > > > Hugh W And there was me thinking the British Library HQ was at Boston Spa, West Yorkshire. Not Boston, Lincs. or Boston, Mass. They do of course also have premises at St Pancras and the newspaper archive at Colindale. -- Terry

Hugh Watkins wrote: >>> Simon Morris wrote: >>> >>>> I'd be very grateful if anyone who has a copy of "Colonial Families >>>> of Philadelphia" would turn to page 122 and post/email me what it >>>> says there about the Faulkner family. >>> > > LC Control No.: 11009544 > LCCN Permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/11009544 > Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) > Personal Name: Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921, ed. > Main Title: Colonial families of Philadelphia. > Published/Created: New York : Lewis Pub. Co., 1911. > Description: 2v. ill.,ports. 28cm. > > http://catalog.loc.gov/ > > they have three copies at least so your local library in England can get > it for you on interlibrary loan > (via BL documantation centre in Lincolnshire > More book-information-on-the-web that's new to me (though I should have thought of trying the British Library via interlibrary loan) - thanks very much. S.