Actually I have done the search, just not the way you did and not in the last couple of years, which considering the number of books being put online is a mistake. Thank you for the help. I also found a part of David Forwards site "Malmesburytown.co.uk which I can only get into from googlesearch but they have http://malmesburytown.co.uk/history/mayor-aldermen-burgesses/ Mayor, Aldermen & Burgesses By DLF | Published: August 25, 2010 The History of The Old Corporation of Malmesbury Eliz On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 4:21 AM, Josephine Jeremiah <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> wrote: > On Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:35:52 -0000, Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> But mostly I am interested in the Commoners and Burgesses of the town, > > Hi Eliz, > > You may already have done this, but if you haven't you may find it useful. > > If you go to Google Books and put  "Malmesbury""Commoners" in the search > you will find references. > > For example: > > The History of the Town of Malmesbury, and its Ancient Abbey (1805) by > John Marks Moffatt  -- page 127 is a full page view. > > If you put "Malmesbury""Burgesses" in the search you will also find full > page view references. > > For example: > > The Jurist, Volume 11, Part 1  (1848) -- page 22 second column > > Josephine > > -- > Josephine Jeremiah > www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >