Hiya there was only 4 deaths of John Fox in Scotland between 1857 - 1868. it might be worth looking at all of them to find him Page 1 (Free) of 1 (4 records) No Year Surname / Maiden Name Forename Mother's Surname Other Surnames Sex Age District City/County/MR GROS Data Image Extract 1 1859 FOX JOHN FERRIER M 65 BARRY /ANGUS 274/00 0012 VIEW (5 CREDITS) ORDER 2 1863 FOX JOHN FLINN M 45 GREENOCK OLD OR WEST /RENFREW 564/03 0242 VIEW (5 CREDITS) ORDER 3 1864 FOX JOHN JOHNSTON M 49 HIGH CHURCH GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 644/02 2059 VIEW (5 CREDITS) ORDER 4 1868 FOX JOHN M 57 DENNY /STIRLING 476/00 0059 VIEW (5 CREDITS) ORDER Click here for printer-friendly version <html><DIV><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting, Cursive" color=#660099>June <IMG height=12 src="http://graphics.hotmail.com/emsmile.gif" width=12></FONT></DIV></html> > Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:40:27 -0800> From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> Subject: Re: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Edinburgh newspapers in the 1860s> > Judy,> > The Scotsman has a full archive online of their paper from 1817-1950. You> can pay for access for a day, week, etc. See http://archive.scotsman.com/. I> haven't found any online resource that is as useful at this one, but I am> interested in hearing about other sites.> > I used the service a few months ago to search for articles on my ancestors> in Edinburgh. The character recognition of the scans is pretty good. I only> found a few noise hits out of hundreds for a given search. > > Cheers,> Chris> > -----Original Message-----> From: [email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Judy Mann> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 6:24 AM> To: [email protected]> Subject: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Edinburgh newspapers in the 1860s> > John FOX does not appear on the 1861 census with his family in Edinburgh.> I've not been able to locate him in Scotland. His wife is listed as the> head of the family, but married and not a widow. > > His wife remarries as a widow in September 1868.> We know his youngest son was born March 1858 so we have a 7 to 10 year> window.> We have not narrowed down his death.> John was born in 1808, so would have been between 50 and 60. > > A recent family story has emerged that John was murdered. Details are> vague, but apparently his frozen body was found, so winter months are> involved. > > I'm wondering how I can find out which newspapers existed in Edinburgh> during the 1860s and if there are archives for those publications that may> have published a story about the murder? > > Any suggestions are welcomed. > > Thank you> > Judy Mann> Canada > > > ---------------------------------> Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo!> Answers. > > -------------------------------> 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> > > -------------------------------> 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 _________________________________________________________________ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us