Hi Richard, Have you looked in the local newspapers? There is a collection of local newspapers which I use for the Sheffield area. They are part of a large collection of around 75 local newspapers spread as far north as Aberdeen and as far south as Exeter, but more importantly includes Sheffield and Rotherham. If you live in the Yorkshire area and have a library ticket you can get the resource through your local library online. If you live elsewhere in the UK then its worth checking whether your local library has the resource available. In all cases you don 't have to live in an area to join it, you just need the to go to the library's online resource and join it.You need the ticket number to get the onto the database. They will ask for your name and address, so they can send you a ticket plus the password to get on to the site. I have looked in the resource just now and found that William Swann sold a residence in 1841, complete with all the furniture and animals. He died aged 93, at Wadsley: BMD announcement in local newspaper. *T**he Sheffield & Rotherham Independent* Friday, March 31, 1849; pg. 5; Issue 1519.* 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II* * * *On the 26th inst, at his residence Dykes hall, Wadsley, in his 93rd year of his age, William Swann, gentleman.* * * * * regards John

Many thanks John. I should maybe have explained in my posting, that this is just a sideline of research that I picked up, for an old lady who uses the housebound library service. (I work for Sheffield Mobile Libraries). She's descended from Elizabeth Swann, and asked if I could find out anything about that side of her family. I'm personally a bit pushed for time at the moment, because of work commitments, and I was hoping someone on the list had already done some work on Dykes Hall. There's usually a wealth of knowledge on the list. :-) Thanks again. regards Richard john readman wrote: > Hi Richard, > > Have you looked in the local newspapers? There is a collection of local > newspapers which I use for the Sheffield area. They are part of a large > collection of around 75 local newspapers spread as far north as Aberdeen and > as far south as Exeter, but more importantly includes Sheffield and > Rotherham. If you live in the Yorkshire area and have a library ticket you > can get the resource through your local library online. If you live > elsewhere in the UK then its worth checking whether your local library has > the resource available. In all cases you don 't have to live in an area to > join it, you just need the to go to the library's online resource and join > it.You need the ticket number to get the onto the database. They will ask > for your name and address, so they can send you a ticket plus the password > to get on to the site. > > I have looked in the resource just now and found that William Swann sold a > residence in 1841, complete with all the furniture and animals. He died aged > 93, at Wadsley: BMD announcement in local newspaper. > *T**he Sheffield & Rotherham Independent* Friday, March 31, 1849; pg. 5; > Issue 1519.* 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II* > * > * > *On the 26th inst, at his residence Dykes hall, Wadsley, in his 93rd year of > his age, William Swann, gentleman.* > * > * > * > * > > regards > John > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SHEFFIELD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >