To add to Anne's reply, the search facility at gazettes-online works via OCR (Optical Character Recognition) - i.e. the text is searched by a clever(ish) piece of software, not indexed by human hand. So it is by no means 100% accurate. Sometimes a manual browse can pay dividends. Your ancestor will only appear if he was declared bankrupt. If he managed to satisfy his creditors before the business folded, or if he was obliged to sell up, then he may not appear in the official notices. Have you tried Trade Directories? Best wishes Caroline > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-surrey-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-surrey- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carole Beth Arnette > Sent: 02 October 2009 05:12 > To: ENG-SURREY@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SRY] Searchable London Gazette Archives > > Am searching for my maternal g gfather in the Gazette ca 1880 - 1886. > The > 1881 British census states that he was a "Coal Merchant." The family > history is that he went broke, "lost means to support family," and came > to > Texas. His brother paid for their passage. At present, I don't > remember > their home address. No other family information available. > > Thank you, > Carole Beth Arnette > kyunes@gmail.com > *************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** > superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Eng-Surrey-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SURREY- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message