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by LesleyB » Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:25 am
Hi Audrey
Have you tried using the calendar tab? - if he died on the 12th the death intimation if there is one (it seems only to be the well-off and the well-off wannabees who put notices in!!) would probably be within the next few days.
If you use the calendar tab you can choose the year and day - You should be taken to page one of that day's issue.
As far as I'm aware, although the death notices were on the back page later on, a little before that they were on the 2nd last page. And I do seem to remember also that back then (1820s, maybe not 30s) there only seemed to be two issues a week - something like Wednesday & Saturday? Not sure.
If he was killed in an accident it may be worth having a look at the rest of the paper for the days following to see if there is any report, by going through the pages- but again, I'd stick with the calendar tab to narrow down the issues - I haven't found the search engine to be very reliable, it seems to miss a lot, maybe, as was suggested on anther post, due to the limitations of OCR.
Anyway, I'll shut up now!! Hope you find something.
Best wishes
Lesley
Last edited by LesleyB on Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:19 am, edited 1 time in total.
Researching:
Midlothian & Fife - Goalen, Lawrie, Ewart, Nimmo, Jamieson, Dick, Ballingall.
Dunbartonshire- Mcnicol, Davy, Guy, McCunn, McKenzie.
Ayrshire- Lyon, Parker, Mitchell, Fraser.
Easter Ross- McCulloch, Smith, Ross, Duff, Rose.
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