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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20,615 Send Message	Heather	Report	10 Jun 2007 16:40
	Was there a coroner involved?
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 290 Send Message	Alison	Report	10 Jun 2007 14:56
	Hiya thanks yes we ordered the cert. says died from heart attack we just wondered if there might have been a story behind it, alison
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20,615 Send Message	Heather	Report	10 Jun 2007 14:07
	Have you bought his death cert? Is this it? I dont know the area. If it is then you can buy the cert for £7 from GRO online using the following ref and that will tell you the cause of death and most likely there would have been a coroners hearing. Deaths Mar 1894 Venn William 38 Durham 10a 191
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 290 Send Message	Alison	Report	10 Jun 2007 10:58
	thanks i will make an appointment, thanks again alison
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 3,419 Send Message	jen yorkshire	Report	10 Jun 2007 10:51
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 3,419 Send Message	i think you would have to try the local records office . my main library holds back copies of local papers.
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 290 Send Message	Alison	Report	10 Jun 2007 10:49
	Hi all my g.g.grandfather William Venn died on Ushaw Moor railway platform Newyears eve 1893. How do we obtain copies of local newspapers to see if anything happened to cause his death. (he was only 38) thanks alison.