Find Ancestors

Hi All
a few weeks ago we were able to search this fantastic information site then we lost it well here as follows is how to search it again
I live in Derbyshire (you have to go to your own county)so I go to www.derbyshire .gov.uk
click on libraries
click online resorces
password mine is dcc( derbyshire county council) followed by the number on the back of my library card
prepare to lose a few hours (again)

your welcome

Hi
after you have clicked on libraries
click online information
scroll down to infotrac newspapers click
new page click on link this opens a new window
hope ypu find it

cant get it for yorkshire, i tried your derbyshire one and it came up, with libraries, but not for yorkshire/west yorkshire or halifax,...jenny ,

Hi Jenny
it might be worth a trip to the your local library and ask them about it,that is how where I got the information from

n

My great grandfather died falling out of a railway carriage at a station in Oldham in 1877. I have his death certificate, and there was an inquest. But I have so far been unable to find out anything else.

I looked to see if Lancashire had anything similar to what Quoy mentioned

..... possibly they do, only Oldham is not included in Lancashire!!!

I then went to the Oldham Council site, and found Oldham Archives, a site I had actually contacted on another matter about 5 years ago.

Anyway, they have a collection of old newspapers on microfile ............. so I sent an email giving them the information and asking for a search.

I IMMEDIATELY got a reply back saying that my email would be given to the relevant researcher, and I should hear something in 15 working days.

I'm not kidding!!


Obviously, a computer-generated automatic response, but still ..............................



sylvia

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Thanks Quoy :-)

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thats correct Joan
I spent such a long time on it and got so much information that when it ended I had to find a way of getting back on to it so I went to the Library.So thanks to Samspade for showing me the site in the first place

thanks so much for that info and all the info on the Moyles. Unfortunately I live in South Africa at the moment, the closest library to me is a flight away! I shall try and find out if there are any online libraries to join perhaps that might help me look up all this info. I am really excited that there is so much info my Moyle family. Thanks again.
Jackie.

Just to report that I got an email from an Assistant at the Oldham Local Archives Centre today


She ahd found the full report of the inquest on my great grandfather in one of the newspapers in their collection.

She will send a copy of the article to me if I send her my postal address (which I have done!!)

Isn't that fantastic???


What is even better ........... there is no charge for the service!!!!



Thank you Quoy for the idea of trying county libraries, even though Oldham wasn't in the Lancashire system!!



sylvia

your welcome Sylvia
the stuff in these newspapers is fantastic

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n for jan jan

I got the newspaper account of my great grandfather's death and inquest this morning. Two full columns long ..................... and it seems there was some mis-communication between police forces and coroners (yes, multiple!).


The family story had been a little embellished.

No child was involved!!


It seems that James was in a carriage with 3 other men, asked if the train stopped at the station coming up. Someone said yes. James stood up, put his hand on the door closest to him, it opened and he fell out! It was the door to the outside of the carriage, ie not the one that would be at the platform, and he probably hit his head on the railway line.

The coroner ruled an accident, saying the door was obviously not fastened properly, but he had no evidence that that it was deliberate. He thought that a civil case against the railway company might stand a chance but .........



I did find a name that I didn't have before. One of the men in the carriage and who gave evidence at the inquest said he was James' nephew .......... now I've got to find how he fits in!



Thanks again Quoy for the lead




sylvia

you are more than welcome Slyvia, I am still losing hours on the site

n for Lyndsey

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