The Newspaper Archive on the Net

 THIS IS A RESEARCH SITE ONLY

Owing to copywrite we are unable to provide photocopies of originals.

These can be obtained by contacting the British Newspaper Library, or The Surrey History Centre.

For those people unable to do this, we are now able to offer transcribed copies of the article, in return for a donation via the Paypal link on the Home Page, You also need to contact us using the link lower down the page, giving details of the article required.

Money from these donations enable us to cover the ongoing cost of running this site.

If you require this service, you need to contact us first using the link on the Home Page. Please be aware however the information provided may contain little more than recorded on this site

 

The following have been recorded, from original copies of the Surrey Advertiser.

Indexed in Surname order, details show. 

1. Date of edition 

2. Christian name or title 

3. Surname

4. Reason for inclusion.  Trade or Profession, Criminal proceedings and if possible result, Age, Place article is listed under in the paper, Advertisements, or other information. 

5. Local address, street or house. 

6. Town or village, this must be treated with caution, the event may have been recorded as there, or they may have been a visitor, in most cases they will have come from this here.

Where there is a * in a box, no information was printed. Where a date is listed as * this is not yet complete and will be updated

If there is no indication in the article, of where a person came from, it has been listed as Unknown 

The Miscellaneous section, lists are in the main advertisements, in many cases initials are recorded or even addresses. 

Some place names have changed since inclusion in the paper, however old names have been used.

Cranley is now Cranleigh,  Cambridge town is now Camberley.

Aldershot was often spelt Aldershott, the present spelling has been used for this. 

Be aware boundaries have changed, for example Dunsfold was once much larger, Bramley has expanded and taken areas once listed as Dunsfold. 

As this site is intended for various areas of research.  Entries are repeated apart from date.

For example J W Barfoot was not only the owner of the paper, he was involved in other areas as well, for some researchers it may be helpful to see how long a trade lasted, if the trade ceased, or was taken over. 

Each surname page has approximately 400 entries, where this is exceeded there are further pages 

We are unable to reproduce a photocopy of the article. Originals may be viewed at

The British Newspaper Library or The Surrey History Centre. 

Entries included, 1864 Complete.. 1865 Complete. 1866 Complete.

1867 Complete. Part of 1872

Now over 178,000 Listings

Last updated August 2007