Hi Carolyn I'm pretty sure we have the same people in our trees. I have scant information on a possible matching couple : George CHALLIS, born 1864 Sawston, died 1934 married Louisa UKNOWN, b 1860, died 1942 George's was the eldest of 6 children to Arthur James Challis (1832-1903) and Ruth Nicholls (1832-1917). Arthur was married previously to Julia unknown. No occupation details for George, but Arthur was an Auctioneer. FTM calculates George as my 2nd cousin 4 times removed. I shall have to post to the list more often :-] Look forward to hearing from (offlist if you'd prefer) Denise > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Carolyn McCartney > Sent: 12 April 2007 00:10 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ENG-CAMS] Interesting website - suprising result/Challis > > Denise > Thanks for sharing that about Google Books - I had heard of > it but had no idea one could find obituaries. > I have a George Challis in my tree who married Louisa Barker > and they lived in Sawston. George was an Auctioneer and they > had no children. I have no dates on George as Louisa is my > direct line but she was born abt 1860 in Lea, Derbyshire. Any > connection do you think? > Kind regards > Carolyn > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mggirl > Sent: 11 April 2007 23:36 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ENG-CAMS] Interesting website - suprising result > > Hi Listers > > Not sure if I'm the only one to just find about this but > thought it might be worth sharing - http://books.google.com/books > > What is Google Book Search? > Search the full text of books to find ones that interest you > and learn where to buy or borrow them. > > How does Google Book Search work? > Book Search works just like web search.When we find a book > whose content contains a match for your search terms, we'll > link to it in your search results. Clicking on a book result, > you'll be able to see everything from a few short excerpts to > the entire book, depending on a few different factors. > > > > I typed in 'Challis +Sawston' in the search for full text > and found an obituary for my 5x Gt Grandfather in 'The > Gentleman's Magazine' of 1816. > > Under a page heading of 'Obituary; with Anecdotes of > remarkable Persons' it gives the following paragraph : > > Aged 64, Mr Thomas Challis, farmer of Sawston, near > Cambridge, much esteemed; in all the duties of life, he was > just, friendly and affectionate. > He has left a widow and large family to lament the loss of a > dear husband and an affectionate father. > > A much fuller picture of a man I previously only looked at as > Farmer/Husband/Father to 8 with dates of birth, bap and burial ! > > Hope someone else finds a little gem. > I'm off to search some of my other family name and location > combinations :-) > > Regards > Denise > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the message >