Good evening I am researching the life of a horse trainer who worked in the Herts/Beds area between 1820 and abt 1860. He achieved notoriety for various reasons in the 1830/1850 period. I am trying to find obituaries for him - he died in 1877 in north London. So, I am looking for advice on which sporting (in general) or specific turf-related newspapers/journals were published in the 1870s. To date I have come across 'Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes' which has potential and have added this to my list to look at next time I visit the British Library. Thanks in advance for any help. Jon

The Sporting Life, a horse racing newspaper, was published from 1859. Julie On 14/09/2011 17:34, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >Good evening > >I am researching the life of a horse trainer who worked in the Herts/Beds >area between 1820 and abt 1860. He achieved notoriety for various reasons >in the 1830/1850 period. > >I am trying to find obituaries for him - he died in 1877 in north London. >So, I am looking for advice on which sporting (in general) or specific >turf-related newspapers/journals were published in the 1870s. To date I >have come across 'Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes' which has >potential and have added this to my list to look at next time I visit the >British Library. > >Thanks in advance for any help. > >Jon > > > > > > > >------------------------------- >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

Thanks, Julie I'll take a look next time I am visiting Colindale. Jon -----Original Message----- From: Julie Drewett <[email protected]> To: sog-uk <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:18 Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] Horse trainers - mid-19th century - sources The Sporting Life, a horse racing newspaper, was published from 1859. Julie On 14/09/2011 17:34, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >Good evening > >I am researching the life of a horse trainer who worked in the Herts/Beds >area between 1820 and abt 1860. He achieved notoriety for various reasons >in the 1830/1850 period. > >I am trying to find obituaries for him - he died in 1877 in north London. >So, I am looking for advice on which sporting (in general) or specific >turf-related newspapers/journals were published in the 1870s. To date I >have come across 'Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes' which has >potential and have added this to my list to look at next time I visit the >British Library. > >Thanks in advance for any help. > >Jon > > > > > > > >------------------------------- >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

This seems to be a year of anniversaries. Those with Irish ancestors may be interested in the following. On 1st October the Irish Genealogical Research Society is celebrating its 75th anniversary by holding a symposium entitled Some Irish comings and goings - Aspects of Irish Migration. This is an all day event in central London see http://www.igrsoc.org/symposium.html for more details. Regards Jill Williams