Dear Adi, I admit an excited level of positive thinking when reading Janet's original email as I was thinking like her re my gr-uncle. I have a 10-15 year old plus brick wall that started falling when I recently checked the Newcastle 1911 Census. My uncle George Frederick COPELAND born in Durham in 1876 seems to have died sometime between the 1891 Census and the 1911 Census according to my gr-grandmother's advice that she lost a child in that time. He was nowhere to be found in the 1901 Census but he was possibly away at say the Boer War. I have tracked fruitlessly around the various BDM and Boer War websites and need to possibly impose on your generosity re checking your database in the name of George Frederick COPELAND when looking for Janet's relative. I would be eternally grateful if you could help as I feel that we are just so close to finding him. I have even contemplated asking someone in Newcastle if they would stroll by the Boer War Memorial to see if he is listed there. Cheers, Kerry from Brisbane. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mme N. Carmichael" <mme_n_carmichael@yahoo.ca> To: "Durham List" <eng-durham-l@rootsweb.com>; "Janet Hopkins" <janetchopkins@hotmail.com> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 8:07 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-DURHAM] (no subject) --- On Wed, 4/22/09, Janet Hopkins <janetchopkins@hotmail.com> wrote: Would anyone know if there are any online newspaper archives for Gateshead and Newcastle, where I might obtain death notices or obituaries? Hello Janet, The Newcastle papers are on a subscription database which my library has. If you want to give me the names, I'll take a look for you. Be warned though - most notices are a single sentence, not the long paragraph obituary that is customary today. Regards, Adi __________________________________________________________________ Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet Explorer® 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-DURHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4029 (20090422) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4029 (20090422) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

Hi Adi, Do you think that you could be so kind as to look up a Maria Myers, who died about 1915? She would have been over 80 years old, and was living in Gateshead with her son Henry on the 1911. I have been looking for years for her maiden name, which was listed on two of her children's birth certificates differently. One said Snalp, and the other said Swallop. Maria, aka Minnie, was from Holland, and likely had a heavy accent when she was registering the births. So, I have ordered the birth certs for three other children of hers that I found, (with hubby William Myers), and we'll see how they render the elusive Dutch surname. I am thinking it was probably Schelb, Schaap, or Schelbach, or something similar. I am hoping that any death record for her would list the maiden name, but understand that it's not likely. Janet > From: kerry.willson@three.com.au > To: eng-durham@rootsweb.com; mme_n_carmichael@yahoo.ca > Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:28:39 +1000 > Subject: Re: [ENG-DURHAM] (no subject) > > Dear Adi, > > I admit an excited level of positive thinking when reading Janet's original > email as I was thinking like her re my gr-uncle. I have a 10-15 year old > plus brick wall that started falling when I recently checked the Newcastle > 1911 Census. My uncle George Frederick COPELAND born in Durham in 1876 > seems to have died sometime between the 1891 Census and the 1911 Census > according to my gr-grandmother's advice that she lost a child in that time. > He was nowhere to be found in the 1901 Census but he was possibly away at > say the Boer War. I have tracked fruitlessly around the various BDM and Boer > War websites and need to possibly impose on your generosity re checking your > database in the name of George Frederick COPELAND when looking for Janet's > relative. > > I would be eternally grateful if you could help as I feel that we are just > so close to finding him. I have even contemplated asking someone in > Newcastle if they would stroll by the Boer War Memorial to see if he is > listed there. > > Cheers, > Kerry from Brisbane. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mme N. Carmichael" <mme_n_carmichael@yahoo.ca> > To: "Durham List" <eng-durham-l@rootsweb.com>; "Janet Hopkins" > <janetchopkins@hotmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 8:07 AM > Subject: Re: [ENG-DURHAM] (no subject) > > > --- On Wed, 4/22/09, Janet Hopkins <janetchopkins@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Would anyone know if there are any online newspaper archives for Gateshead > and Newcastle, where I might obtain death notices or obituaries? > > > Hello Janet, > > The Newcastle papers are on a subscription database which my library has. If > you want to give me the names, I'll take a look for you. Be warned though - > most notices are a single sentence, not the long paragraph obituary that is > customary today. > > Regards, > Adi > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet Explorer® > 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at > http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-DURHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 4029 (20090422) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4029 (20090422) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-DURHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Create a cool, new character for your Windows Live™ Messenger. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9656621