Since I responded by mentioning the Times newspaper archive, several people have written, off list, to ask me how to access it. The answer is by using your UK library card and number. Not sure how/if you can do it from outside the UK. I don't know about local Warwickshire papers - perhaps someone more experienced can enlighten? The Colindale archives are being moved (I think) to the British Library. Regards, SUE. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy and Betty Mullett" <rbmullett@shaw.ca> To: "sue collins" <sue@susancollins.uk.com> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 1:01 AM Subject: Re: [WAR] Gazette Website > Hi Sue > Would you happen to know if they have an archive for the Rugby paper? > Betty > Canada > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "sue collins" <sue@susancollins.uk.com> > To: "diane guilfoy" <dguilfoy@hotmail.com>; <warwick@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 3:12 PM > Subject: Re: [WAR] Gazette Website > > >> The Times newspaper archive mentions a dividend paid to Joseph Hands of >> Coventry, Dyer, at three, the King's Head Inn, Coventry on Oct 15th 1787 >> and >> a Richard Hands is listed as a director of the Birmingham West Branch >> Wednesbury and Walsall Railway in Oct 8th 1845 issue. >> Enjoy the Californian sun while we shiver. SUE. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "diane guilfoy" <dguilfoy@hotmail.com> >> To: <warwick@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 5:37 PM >> Subject: Re: [WAR] Gazette Website >> >> >> Thanks Heather so much for the website. I only entered "Joseph Hands" >> and >> found numerous references in 1842-1843 to the bankruptcy of Joseph Hands >> and >> Elizabeth Gill, ribbon manufacturers of Coventry. They are in my >> database >> although not necessarily related to my gggrandfather Joseph Hands, >> watchmaker of Coventry. >> >> On the other hand, a notice of the dissolution of partnership of Joseph >> and >> William Hands, butchers of Corley, did relate to my gggrandfathers >> cousins. >> My Joseph's father William was born in Corley Moor, and I had already >> found >> cousin Joseph in the 1841 census as a butcher in Corley. >> >> I can see I will be very busy with this new (to me) resource. >> >> Diane in California >> >> >> >>> I was looking for when our ancestors' family firm ceased trading and > >>> someone directed me towards the London Gazette archives. Although the > >>> company was based in the north of the country, the details of its > >>> receivership were there in the London paper and helped complete another >>> > >>> section of the family jigsaw.> > The link is >>> http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/. Not having visited the > site before, >>> I >>> used the Search Builder (under Historians header) and it > was soooo >>> straight forward to use. I would certainly recommend it (and > it's free >>> :-) )> > Hope it helps someone> Heather Q> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Boo! Scare away worms, viruses and so much more! Try Windows Live >> OneCare! >> http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/purchase/trial.aspx?s_cid=wl_hotmailnews >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com 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 >> WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

sue collins wrote: > Since I responded by mentioning the Times newspaper archive, several people > have written, off list, to ask me how to access it. The answer is by using > your UK library card and number. Not sure how/if you can do it from outside > the UK. There are some UK libraries who will accept online applications for readers tickets from anywhere in the world. I think Bedfordshire Libraries do and also Manchester, but don't hold me to that. Googling for both should give you more information. I can only access the Times in my local library. They don't allow access via a home computer. > I don't know about local Warwickshire papers - perhaps someone more > experienced can enlighten? The Colindale archives are being moved (I think) > to the British Library. The Newspaper Library at Colindale is part of the British Library and is moving to a site near St Pancras in London. From what I've heard the service is not going to be as extensive as it is now. As always, exactly what the service will be like won't be fully known until the new site is up and running. I didn't think that it was going to the same site as the British Library itself, but may be wrong there. Googling will find the answer. A search of the Newspaper Library site and/or Warwickshire Record Office's online catalogue should find local papers. Google should also find them. "Warwickshire Newspapers" (with the quote marks) should find them as well. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk

Hi All, Re the recent discussion about the The Times online. If any one has problems in accessing the online archives through their local library, I'm willing to do look ups within reason through my own subscription. Common surnames are likely to throw up hundreds of hits, so I would need as much detail as possible about the person, event & location etc. For example, I don't have the spare time to do " Are there any BROWNS between 1840 & 1900?", but will happily have a go at any " Samuel BROWN plus death/murder/medal/ or anything else exciting, plus dates" Barb Stacey Solihull UK