I am researching Janet Reid who traveled around Scotland selling her poems on the streets in the 1840s-50s. She died in 1854 at Bridge of Allan and I have a copy of her obituary which was printed in The Stirling Observer on 31 August 1854 and a copy of a mention of her death in the Aberdeen Journal printed on 13 September 1854. She was well-known at the time and other local newspapers may have printed pieces about her when she died. If anyone comes across a mention of Janet Reid, I would be grateful for a copy of the item. In particular, I wonder whether the Dunfermline newspapers wrote about her because she first printed her poems when she lived at Carnock nearby. I understand that the Dunfermline Carnegie Library (the Central Library) has copies of the Dunfermline Journal for 1854 and the Fifeshire Journal for 1854 on microfilm. If anyone who frequents this library would like to look at these newspapers around this time I would be very grateful.
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Janet Reid
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Re: Janet Reid
Hi Bookman, you could try the Scotsman Archive, there is one hit for a Janet Reid in September 1854. I am not sure how relevant it would be.
http://archive.scotsman.com/search.cfm? ... tyType=all
As for the Carnegie Library I have been in contact with them numerous times and they have been a great help. It may be worth dropping them an e-mail and see if they could have a look in the papers there for you.
Good luck with your search
http://archive.scotsman.com/search.cfm? ... tyType=all
As for the Carnegie Library I have been in contact with them numerous times and they have been a great help. It may be worth dropping them an e-mail and see if they could have a look in the papers there for you.
Good luck with your search
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Re: Janet Reid
Thanks Panabean, I've looked at The Scotsman in 1854 but it was just a reference to a Reid and not to Janet. I will think about asking the library staff if all else fails but it seems like asking a lot of them!
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Re: Janet Reid
Hi Pandabean (sorry I spelt your name wrong last time). Though I didn't find what I was looking for in 1854 on The Scotsman archives I have found a nice bit about her in 1842! So it was worth the sub and thanks again.
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Re: Janet Reid
I had a look at the Dunfermline Journal for Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 1854 and no mention of her death each journal is 3 pages has 2or 3 poems on page 2 but nothing in her name many have no name the copies are on Ancestry very bad scans though look like copies from film
Ancestry.com. Dunfermline Journal, 1851-1931 [database on-line]
a snippet here
http://tinyurl.com/yl64cj8
A week at Bridge of Allan
here below is a broadside found on web
http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/broadside.cfm/id/16404
also this below which has a list of some of her works titles
http://tinyurl.com/y9om4wb
From
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF
WORKS RELATING TO
DUNFERMLINE
AND THE WEST OF FIFE
INCLUDING PUBLICATIONS OF WRITERS
CONNECTED WITH THE DISTRICT : BY
ERSKINE BEVERIDGE
DUNFERMLINE
PRIVATELY PRINTED
BY WILLIAM CLARK & SON 1901
(236)
Reid, Janet. A Check for Scoffek-s. Stirling, (ca. 1842).
On Humility. Thirteenth edition.
Stirling, (ca. 1842).
For Bachelors. Stirling^ (ca. 1842).
On an Accident at the Brig o' Allan.
Stirling, (ca. 1842).
On Glasgow's Bonny City. Eighth edition.
Stirling, (ca. 1842).
For Young Ladies. Stirling, (ca. 1842).
On the Gallant Sailors. Stirling, (ca. 1842).
On a Comfortable Cup of Tea. Twenty-sixth edition. Stirling, (ca. 1842).
The Queen's Farewell. Stirling, (ca. 1842).
On the Honourable Manufacturers of Dunfermline.
n.p. n.d*
. Against Sabbath Breaking. (? n.p. n.d.)
. On Peace in every Church. n.p. n.d.
. On Philip's Bonny Royal Hotel (Bridge of Allan).
(? n.p. n.d.)
. For Ladies and Gentlemen.
. On Barr's bonny Hotel.
. On Edinburgh City.
. On the Seventh of November.
(And many more. All the above are broadsides,
and apparently printed at Stirling)
regards lesley
Ancestry.com. Dunfermline Journal, 1851-1931 [database on-line]
a snippet here
http://tinyurl.com/yl64cj8
A week at Bridge of Allan
here below is a broadside found on web
http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/broadside.cfm/id/16404
also this below which has a list of some of her works titles
http://tinyurl.com/y9om4wb
From
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF
WORKS RELATING TO
DUNFERMLINE
AND THE WEST OF FIFE
INCLUDING PUBLICATIONS OF WRITERS
CONNECTED WITH THE DISTRICT : BY
ERSKINE BEVERIDGE
DUNFERMLINE
PRIVATELY PRINTED
BY WILLIAM CLARK & SON 1901
(236)
Reid, Janet. A Check for Scoffek-s. Stirling, (ca. 1842).
On Humility. Thirteenth edition.
Stirling, (ca. 1842).
For Bachelors. Stirling^ (ca. 1842).
On an Accident at the Brig o' Allan.
Stirling, (ca. 1842).
On Glasgow's Bonny City. Eighth edition.
Stirling, (ca. 1842).
For Young Ladies. Stirling, (ca. 1842).
On the Gallant Sailors. Stirling, (ca. 1842).
On a Comfortable Cup of Tea. Twenty-sixth edition. Stirling, (ca. 1842).
The Queen's Farewell. Stirling, (ca. 1842).
On the Honourable Manufacturers of Dunfermline.
n.p. n.d*
. Against Sabbath Breaking. (? n.p. n.d.)
. On Peace in every Church. n.p. n.d.
. On Philip's Bonny Royal Hotel (Bridge of Allan).
(? n.p. n.d.)
. For Ladies and Gentlemen.
. On Barr's bonny Hotel.
. On Edinburgh City.
. On the Seventh of November.
(And many more. All the above are broadsides,
and apparently printed at Stirling)
regards lesley
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Re: Janet Reid
Hi Kenspeckle. Thank you very much for taking the trouble to look those things up. I have already got copies of the three sources you have listed but I didn't know that the Dunfermline Journal was on Ancestry. I have signed up for the 14 day free trial and will try and look through all the issues up to 1854 or so in that time just in case there is something about her. But it is a horrible headache to try and decipher! Thanks a lot though. Even if I find nothing it will remove a big "What if there is . . . " question!
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