British Newspaper Archive

[ElizabethHerts]

If someone has spare credits could they tell me what the following is about, please?

I searched for the surname "Quintrell".

On page 10 I found this:

Hampshire Telegraph
Page 2 Miscellaneous
Hampshire Telegraph
Sat 13 Dec 1884

"who was 20 years of age, should be mr iy appointed as Mlatron.L, at a salary of £10 a year, with"

I think it refers to the eldest child of my great-great-grandfather John Quintrell, master of the Portsea Island workhouse. She replaced her mother as Matron. Her name was Fanny Eddy Quintrell.

[anne fraser]

I tried googling Myles Ariel and I think Libby should definitely look.

[HarrysMum]

Originally Posted by anne fraser

I tried googling Myles Ariel and I think Libby should definitely look.

On to it in a moment Anne.

I will have to pay for counselling for all those who can't get 'Ariel' out of their head...lol

Originally Posted by anne fraser

Same here. I have quite a few unused credits if anyone wants me to look for an unusual name.

Actually I've just emailed them to ask them what the rationale is behind that charging structure.

[Ann from Sussex]

Originally Posted by maggie_4_7

I've found quite a bit of stuff.

I'm a bit bemused at their charging structure £6.95 for 500 credits for two days bearing in mind that most of what I've downloaded is 10 or 5 credits each document it seems a bit weird to put a timescale on it. There isn't anyway I'll be able to use 500 credits in two days!

I've been working to a plan. I'm doing all the searching for as many names as OH and I can think of first (and already have about 40 likely hits). I'm bookmarking them as I go along and will buy 500 credits when I can't think of any more searches to do and when I can be sure of having enough time in any given 48 hours to look at the images. I just hope the bookmarks aren't time-limited or else I will have wasted a lot of time and effort!

Originally Posted by Ann from Sussex

I've been working to a plan. I'm doing all the searching for as many names as OH and I can think of first (and already have about 40 likely hits). I'm bookmarking them as I go along and will buy 500 credits when I can't think of any more searches to do and when I can be sure of having enough time in any given 48 hours to look at the images. I just hope the bookmarks aren't time-limited or else I will have wasted a lot of time and effort!

Well I don't know if that will work but I know they save the viewed images in your account perhaps best to write down the publication, issue date and the search criteria you used for each one. I know it's tedious...

I got a reply and it's a standard one on my concerns on pricing structure:-

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Dear Margaret,

Thank you for your email.

Our pricing for online access is in line with other commercial family history resources and we will ensure that it is reviewed regularly to ensure it remains this way.

Kind Regards,

Liam Kelly
The British Newspaper Archive Support Team
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It's a strange one to be honest I think - I am going to reply I think pricing structures for that particular site, because all they offer is NewsPapers, should be either time or credits but not credits built on timescales to use them - doesn't make sense they only have one thing to offer.

Whoever put that in doesn't understand research or what people are prepared to pay for unfortunately.

I have it pm me your email address ElizabethHerts.

Edit: I already have the email address must have emailed you before its on its way.

PDF format 4th column along is highlighted 'The Death of a Matron, Condolences'

[ElizabethHerts]

Originally Posted by maggie_4_7

I have it pm me your email address ElizabethHerts.

Edit: I already have the email address must have emailed you before its on its way.

PDF format 4th column along is highlighted 'The Death of a Matron, Condolences'

Thanks, Maggie, that's really kind of you.

[ElizabethHerts]

Maggie, again thanks, that is brilliant. It told me that my 2x great-grandmother Fanny Ada Quintrell was buried in the grave of one of her children, which must have been John Daddow Quintrell who died a baby in 1861.

Many thanks for that account of her funeral.

The next column, to the right, tells of the appointment of her daughter Fanny Eddy Quintrell to replace her, and of condolences of the Board.

ElizabethHerts

Check your PMs and email.