Actually, if you were made bankrupt you were almost certainly published in multiple newspapers and the gazette – as my 3xgreat grandfather was. Cynthia (New Zealand)

> Actually, if you were made bankrupt you were almost certainly published in multiple newspapers and the gazette – as my 3xgreat grandfather was. Bankrupts were published, presumably, as a legal necessity, to notify creditors etc. I've found notices of bankruptcy for many members of my Lazarus family; both my Lazarus 3x gr grandfathers (brothers) were bankrupts, one at least twice and imprisoned the first time. Bankruptcy was so common in that quarter of my genealogy - even some who had done well went bankrupt -that I've modified my genealogy program so that I can "flag" it. I've wondered if bankruptcy was more common then than now - an accepted business strategy when it was harder to get loans at decent rates to tide one over difficult times, perhaps? Many other newspaper items that I turned up were court cases involving family members (not the same ones who went bankrupt!) who were creditors - that is, money lenders - to insolvents. Eve > > Cynthia > > (New Zealand) > > Our website is at > www.british-jewry.org.uk > We update regularly. Let us know if you have ideas to offer. > > British-Jewry-admin@rootsweb.com is the address to use for help. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRITISH-JEWRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

>From having studied the Jewish Chronicle for all sorts of reasons, it is clear from the personal notices that the wealthy could afford, while the poor could not. Even my great-great-grandfather has a tiny notice, while I am sure that the family saved for a long time to pay for his tombstone which is still in good nick after over 100 years. Miriam Pollak Melbourne, Australia Still working on Plashet Cemetery > > Actually, if you were made bankrupt you were almost certainly published in multiple newspapers and the gazette – as my 3xgreat grandfather was. > > Cynthia > > (New Zealand) > > Our website is at > www.british-jewry.org.uk > We update regularly. Let us know if you have ideas to offer. > > British-Jewry-admin@rootsweb.com is the address to use for help. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRITISH-JEWRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message