Hi Pat _http://www.archive.org/stream/annalsofmanchest00axon_ (http://www.archive.org/stream/annalsofmanchest00axon) This is the website. You can read the book on line because Microsoft has digitised it. Best Ruth
Ruth, you are a gem!! Thankyou, I shall go there now! I had googled, but didn't come up with this. Pat W ----- Original Message ----- From: RuthGenda@aol.com To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 8:54 PM Subject: [ENG-MAN] Annals of Manchester Hi Pat _http://www.archive.org/stream/annalsofmanchest00axon_ (http://www.archive.org/stream/annalsofmanchest00axon) This is the website. You can read the book on line because Microsoft has digitised it. Best Ruth
Hi folks, thanks so much to Ruth for the link to the Annals of Manchester. > > (http://www.archive.org/stream/annalsofmanchest00axon) > > This is the website. You can read the book on line because > Microsoft has > digitised it. > I have been reading some of it (though it is a bit hard on the eyes - anyone know how to increase the size?The "Help" doesn't say) and found some most interesting things. For anyone wanting daily detail, it's a good online substitute for scouring the newspapers on fiche. For instance,there is an extract from Queen Victoria's diary when she and Prince Albert visited Manchester in 1851 (Page 258) giving lots of interesting detail. I found an account of a big flood in the city in July 1872 (starts page 333), which makes one feel glad of modern flood defences and public services. Which reminds me, what was the cause of the water damage on the 1851 census? Was it a large flood, or a simple building flood? Sally in Yorkshire
Ruth I find that the display is out of focus and the pages off centre so the left hand edge and characters are not visible.. I assume that this is the fault of the Uni. Terry Heath Cheltenham UK
Hi All, >From my viewpoint, all in focus - no problem at all, so unfortunately for Terry, not down to the Uni.! What a great find this Annal is. Pat W ----- Original Message ----- From: Terence Heath Ruth I find that the display is out of focus and the pages off centre so the left hand edge and characters are not visible.. I assume that this is the fault of the Uni. Terry Heath Cheltenham UK