Can I get Inquest information?

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Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 0 Send Message	Jeannie	Report	13 Jul 2006 07:56
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 0 Send Message	Good morning everyone Can I find details of an inquest anywhere ? I have Philip Hackett died London Hospital 17 May 1865 of a Fractured Skull. Inquest held on 19 May 1865. We would really like to know what happened to Philip to cause his death. Thanks, Jeanne
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 388 Send Message	Mandy	Report	13 Jul 2006 07:59
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 388 Send Message	I certainly got some inquest papers. The death happened in Birmingham and I got them from the city archives. Contact your local records office to find out where they me be kept. It was a fascinating read.
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 15,575 Send Message	Guinevere	Report	13 Jul 2006 08:09
	A lot of inquest reports were destroyed but if you can't find them in the RO have a look in the local papers. They were often reported almost word for word. Gwynne
	Researching: Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset