Find My Past: British newspapers

[pandk2]

One of my search results doesn't seem to link to the right page. Although Find My Past claim that they have a mechanism for reporting image errors, I can't find that in this section of the site. Maybe that is because they get the newspaper from the British Library / British Newspaper Archives.

Does anyone have any idea how I can take this further?

Here is the result I am trying to look at:

Shipping. IMMIGRATION TO THE CAPE OF GOOD !i HOPE. TREE PASSAGE j UNDER THE SANCTION OF GO- VERNMENT. Tlie undersigned
 Richard Owen John Johnson, sen. H. Taylor John Wheeler John Johnson, jun. J. Lally Henry Hills George Drew R. F. Pook Isaac Nelthorp B. Megginson George El kins Thomas Dash J. dtewart Charles Whiston Thomas Dash, jun. H. Silverlock William Allen William
17 January 1846 - Hampshire Advertiser - Southampton, Hampshire, England

The page this links to has a short article on Emigration to the Cape [not immigration] and I can't find the names the search result mentions. The one I that interests me is Isaac Nelthorp

[rosie99]

Have you tried to find it on BNA website 

[Stanwix England]

I've only ever accessed them through the BNA website, but sometimes I do find that the result is actually on the previous or following page instead. Does it allow you to scroll through the pages?

[Stanwix England]

So I had a look and the bit about the Cape of Good Hope is just the first advert on the first page of the paper. nothing to do with Isaac Nelthorp.

His section appears on page 4. He is part of a long list of people who have signed up to the following.

"To the Right Worshipful The Mayor of Portsmouth, James Hoskins, Esq.

We the undersigned, request you will call a Meeting of the Inhabitants of this borough, and its neighbourhood, for the purpose of adopting such measures as shall be considered most effectual for securing to the inhabitants of these populous towns an independent Line of Railway from London to Portsmouth, and for giving support to the Bill, now before Parliament for the establishment of the DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, with a view to its being passed into law in the approaching session."

Then it's just a long list of names, including Isaac Nelthorp with no other information about who they are or anything.

Then at the bottom of the notice the Mayor agrees to the meeting and sets the date for it.

[pandk2]

Thanks for looking everyone, and well done for finding it, Stanwix England. I tried the next page, but didn't think to look as far as page 4.

[Gadget]

I've  noticed that occasionally  the link goes to the first page of a newspaper and the relevant article  is on a later page. It must be how the articles were originally indexed.

[Stanwix England]

You are welcome.

I've learned something today, as that's the first time I've ever seen a result being so far away from the page that was initially suggested. The error was replicated on BNA as well. Weird.

[LizzieL]

I've  noticed that occasionally  the link goes to the first page of a newspaper and the relevant article  is on a later page. It must be how the articles were originally indexed.

I've sometimescfound the same thing. The trouble is while browsing through several pages to find what I was searching for, I get side-tracked by something more interesting and completely forget my original search. Just like reading a real newspaper.

[Jebber]

Both  websites, The British Newspaper Archive and Findmypast are owned by DC Thompson and Co. Ltd.  They work in partnership with the British Library.

You can contact them if you scroll to the bottom of the screen on the BNA website.