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Where would bankruptcy details from 1881 be found?
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Kate | Report | 14 Aug 2006 15:55 |
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I have been looking up one of my family surnames on theoriginalrecord d o t c o m. Because it is a very rare surname, I think anybody I find with that name must be a relly of some kind. (I can't really see what to do if I find a match for any of my other family surnames on that site as they are much more common so they come up with loads and loads of matches and I have no way of knowing which, if any, are my ancestors!) Anyway, to get back to the point, these are the matches: Debtors, Insolvents and Bankrupts (1881) Bills of sale (binding assets to a creditor/lender), insolvencies and bankruptcies in England and Wales, April to June 1881 GLASSCODINE. Cost: £6.00. Sample scan, click to enlarge Debtors, Insolvents and Bankrupts (1881) Bills of sale (binding assets to a creditor/lender), insolvencies and bankruptcies in England and Wales, October to December 1881 GLASSCODINE. Cost: £6.00. (Glasscodine being the surname.) Does anybody know if there is anywhere else I could look for details of the bankruptcy without paying £6? (I tried the London Gazette but their website only goes back as far as 1900 at the moment.) Kate. |
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Mystified | Report | 14 Aug 2006 17:22 |
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You could try the Times index, it lists bankruptcies,which will tell you the relevant Times edition you need. But beware as around this time it is very inaccurate as I know to my cost. Personally I would pay the £6 as you could spend a lot of money finding a library with the index plus microfilm of the Times Good Luck John |
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Mystified | Report | 14 Aug 2006 18:54 |
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Kate, Bankruptcy is a line I am following with my gggrandad, Robert Ferguson.Last recording in 1878. He and his wife disappear and the children end up in the workhouse. I cannot find the death of either and think he may have gone abroad. I looked at the Times index and found a possible R. Ferguson but when I looked in the Times it was not there. I have looked at the site you mention and it is very interesting. I have found 10 possibles, that would be a cost of £60!!!! I would gladly pay £6 if I knew it was the right one. There is no contact address to moan to......lol John |
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