Hi Angela Thanks for this tip I will try this ASAP Cheers Chris Longdon (Top Brass Antiques) Sent from my iPod On 19 Apr 2012, at 23:08, "Alan" <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris > Speak to your local library. If you have a library card, you can access the > Gale Library from home - this is the British Library Newspaper archive. > It's free to search this way. Obviously, not everything is included, you > may still need to access local newspapers too, but it's worth an ask. I've > found it useful to learn more about the history of the area as well as > genealogy. > Angela > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gene Genie" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 6:01 PM > Subject: [KENT-ENG] Death by drowning 1834 > > >> Hi Listers >> >> Would SKS have access to Kent newspapers for around July or August 1834 to >> find any reference to my 3 x great grandfather, JOSEPH LONGDON, who died >> by drowning as per the following information >> >> Name: Joseph Longdon – ‘found drowned, Coroners report’ >> Record Type: Burial >> Estimated Death Date: abt 1834 >> Burial Date: 12 Aug 1834 >> Age: 35 >> Estimated Birth Year: abt 1799 >> Parish or Poor Law Union: Woolwich St Mary Magdalene >> Borough: Greenwich >> Register Type: Parish Register >> >> Alternatively can I source this information myself online please as I live >> in Wiltshire and cannot readily visit Kent records/resources ? >> >> Any advice gratefully received. >> >> Regards >> >> Chris Longdon >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.929 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/4946 - Release Date: 04/19/12 > 07:34:00 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message