"Mal Pace" <mal_pace@ihug.co.nz> wrote..... > Hi Roy - no definately not losing interest. Do you have anything on the > typhoid outbreak in 1875,<< NO, but the local studies library at Bradford Central Library probably would. They have a website and you can e-mail them (sorry, don't know it offhand but it's easily found with Google). >> and have any idea what illness would have killed > off two brothers in December 1851?> Could any one of a number of diseases, but anthrax was a big killer in the Bradford wool mills. My own grandfather died after contracting it in 1907. Roy Stockdill (Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies) Guild of One-Name Studies:- www.one-name.org Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History:- www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html Never ask a man if he comes from Yorkshire. If he does he will tell you, if he does not why humiliate him? - Canon Sydney Smith
Thanks Roy - will do. Cheers, Mal. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Stockdill" <roy@stockdillfhs.org.uk> To: <ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 12:54 AM Subject: Re: [ BRAD] Is interest waning? > "Mal Pace" <mal_pace@ihug.co.nz> wrote..... > > > Hi Roy - no definately not losing interest. Do you have anything on the > > typhoid outbreak in 1875,<< > > NO, but the local studies library at Bradford Central Library > probably would. They have a website and you can e-mail them (sorry, > don't know it offhand but it's easily found with Google). > > >> and have any idea what illness would have killed > > off two brothers in December 1851?> > > Could any one of a number of diseases, but anthrax was a big killer > in the Bradford wool mills. My own grandfather died after contracting > it in 1907. > > Roy Stockdill (Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies) > Guild of One-Name Studies:- www.one-name.org > Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History:- www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html > > Never ask a man if he comes from Yorkshire. If he does he will tell you, if he does not why humiliate him? - Canon Sydney Smith > > > ==== ENG-YKS-BRADFORD Mailing List ==== > Do not advertise commercial or non genealogical content links after or within your messages without first seeking permission from the Admin. > Do not use the list as a port hole to advertise website urls. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >