I have spent several hours in Gloucester Archives making notes from 'The History of the Flint Family and its Collateral Lines' by Benjamin Francis FLINT. This was much used when writing an MA dissertation. The copies in Gloucester Archives are hand written and I had no evidence that the book had ever been published. At a venture I looked on Google Books to see if anything came - and it did. It seems that the book was published and is available 'on demand'. A clause in the will of Benjamin Francis FLINT was that none of his assets should be distributed prior to the publication of the book. When writing the disertation I had to leave this question hanging - but now I know the answer. The publication date was about 1858. Publication was arranged by a younger brother. I may well buy a copy. Who knows what else might be out there... Cheers, Janet Heskins

Hi Janet I located a copy of a book called 'Gwinnett Memoirs' at Gloucester Library several years ago - two volumes published in the 1730s. A couple of years ago, I spotted one volume for sale at the rather high price of $400 - I didn't buy it. Recently, I have been able to download a free copy from Google books! A great system for those books that are no longer available. Liz _______________________________________________   Elizabeth Jack Discover Gloucestershire Ancestors Hidden Heritage: www.hidden-heritage.co.uk Researching BLINKHORNE, SOSBE, GWINNETT   -----Original Message----- From: gloucester-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gloucester-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of JANETHESKI@aol.com Sent: 16 January 2011 17:07 To: gloucester@rootsweb.com Subject: [GLS] Access to old books I have spent several hours in Gloucester Archives making notes from 'The History of the Flint Family and its Collateral Lines' by Benjamin Francis FLINT. This was much used when writing an MA dissertation. The copies in Gloucester Archives are hand written and I had no evidence that the book had ever been published. At a venture I looked on Google Books to see if anything came - and it did. It seems that the book was published and is available 'on demand'. A clause in the will of Benjamin Francis FLINT was that none of his assets should be distributed prior to the publication of the book. When writing the disertation I had to leave this question hanging - but now I know the answer. The publication date was about 1858. Publication was arranged by a younger brother. I may well buy a copy. Who knows what else might be out there... Cheers, Janet Heskins _____________________________________________ Gloucestershire Family History Society: www.gfhs.org.uk Gloucestershire Archives: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15434 Gloucestershire BMD Index 1837 to 2005: http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message