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Newspapers - Ancestry

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Sarah

Sarah Report 17 Jun 2006 20:47

Hi, i was wondering how useful the newspaper section is on ancestry? I serached for a relative (Isabel Jeune) who had a rare name & it comes up with quite few results. Before paying i was wondering if they are of any use?

Unknown

Unknown Report 17 Jun 2006 20:49

In my experience, no. It just finds words that are similar.

Unknown

Unknown Report 17 Jun 2006 20:51

I've only found two results for Isabel on Ancestry, in marriage index and 1871 census. nell

Val wish I'd never started

Val wish I'd never started Report 17 Jun 2006 20:53

its rubbish have you tried googling that name

Sarah

Sarah Report 17 Jun 2006 20:54

Hi Nell, thanks won't waste my time on that one! I've got Isabel from when she moved to England & married becoming an Allen (my family) but no sign of her death, she would have been Isabel Frances Allen (unless remarried??). I really want to find her past as she's from Guernsey & there's quite a few Jeunes which I can only think are related as guernseys not that big is it?

Unknown

Unknown Report 17 Jun 2006 21:16

Sarah Going on the St Peter Port info on your 1871 census thread, I found this on Hugh Wallis batch numbers for St Pierre Port: BERTHA AMELIA JEUNE Birth: 20 JUL 1871 St. Pierre Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands Father: JOHN JEUNE Mother: AMELIA LE PAGE Couldn't find anyone else, but here are the batch numbers if you want to look yourself. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb*com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyGuernsey.htm#S

Unknown

Unknown Report 17 Jun 2006 21:18

This is the Genuki page for Guernsey, might find something useful there http://user.itl.net/~glen/guernsey.html