Hi again ???? Further to my last post, if you have not already done so I would have a look through the hits on the 19th Century Newspaper database, there are several hundred hits, many for adverts but also many more personal As an Australian resident you have access via your National Library service so can access from home Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) >I am looking for Peter Poncia b. ca. 1790 Como Italy. I have no further > details about his life in Italy but he was shown as a widower at his > second > marriage pre 1841 Was shown as hardware dealer in Birmingham in 1841. I > saw > a vague reference connecting him with the Tala brand kitchenware. I am > interested in his business affairs as he was a wealthy man when he died in > 1856. I am an Australian descendant of his son Peter b.1813 at Worcester. > Any help please.