On line newspaper transcripts

[Muggins in Sussex]

Just thought this might help someone, if you haven't already seen it

Newspaper Homepage -(Richard Heaton's newspaper collection)

It covers England (mostly Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, London, Lancashire Middlesex, Surrey, Worcestershire, and Wiltshire) and Ireland and claims to have over 100,000 names.

And it's free!

[tinkerbe]

thanksfor that link

got an interesting bit of info
tink

[Mary from Italy]

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Old UK Newspaper Extracts UK
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[Little Nell]

Wierd. I typed in a few family surnames and found a match for Robert Chown. He was my gt x 3 grandfather and lived in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Sadly the hit wasn't him, but a reliable road builder in Wiltshire.

I thought all the Chowns were living along the Chilterns! You live and learn.

[Muggins in Sussex]

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Old UK Newspaper Extracts UK
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Have added your first link to the wiki, Mary - I think the second link is actually a page within the link on post 1 :D

Please correct me if I am wrong - I think the heat is getting to me!

[Mary from Italy]

So it is, sorry

[Muggins in Sussex]

I'll forgive you this time, Mary :D:D:D

Going to turn off the PC now as there is a big thunderstorm starting, and last time we had one, the house was struck by lightening - that was a real palaver :(

[Breckland Jane]

Thank you for the link - just had a quick look and found something interesting. I so wish they'd given the first names of the men concerned.

Quote "A poor man named Ridgley, of Bradenham, in the employ of Mr.Parslow, had one of his legs broken in a most dreadful manner on Monday week, whilst felling some trees in Little Marlow"

My 3xg grandfather Solomon Parslow was a timber merchant at the time of this report and I've also got several Ridgleys from Bradenham in my tree who were sawyers.

Jane