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From: "Neil Bloy" <>
Subject: Re: Times Obituaries
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 13:32:02 +0200


The London Times abstracts consist just of the items i.e. birth, death and
marriage announcements - not long obituaries. They are however very useful
- not all the filming is really clear so sometimes you need lots of
patience and good eyes! The indexes are easy to read even when in
longhand.

Regards

Wendy Bloy


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> From: Marina Wells <>
> To:
> Subject: Re: Times Obituaries
> Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 6:19 PM
>
> Hello Neil: The London Times surname index and abstracts are: 1819-1827
> #0166223; 1828-1835 #0166224; 1836-1840 #0166225; and 1841-1845 #0166226.
> It's not clear what is included but it reads; "Abstracts of birth,
marriage
> and death announcements: surname index and abstracts, 1785-1830 and
surname
> index, 1830-1933, and original pages of announcements, Jan. 1816-Dec.
1920,
> from the London Times." Film #0824242 is a Guide to the use of
announcements
> in The London times. I have never used this, as I'm still trying to pin
> down death dates, but I hope this will help you.
> Cheers, Marina in Friendswood, Texas
> Researching:
> ANDREWS, CHALMERS, CROOKS,HANSON, HORE, WILKES, & JONES London
> BUSH, SMALL, WILKES, in STS
> HORE in DEV
>
>
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