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Inquests?

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OneStopGenealogy

OneStopGenealogy Report 7 Jul 2006 14:43

I know that there is a 75 year closure period on inquests, but I am hoping to find something in a local paper. I am looking for details of a young soldier who committed suicide in 1943 in Kent. Does anyone know what website to look at for the local paper there? Thanks

Unknown

Unknown Report 7 Jul 2006 14:46

Hardly any newspaper archives are available online. Best bet is to contact the relevant county library service giving details - they can provide a photocopy of any inquest reports in the local papers.

Darksecretz

Darksecretz Report 7 Jul 2006 14:47

hiya, if you have the death cert it will give date of inquest on it, that way you can contact the local library and ask them to check paper for you and possibly copy it for you HTH Julie

OneStopGenealogy

OneStopGenealogy Report 7 Jul 2006 14:49

Thanks for your help, I do have the death cert & will contact the local library

Anne

Anne Report 7 Jul 2006 22:34

I have a death cert where the child died of burns on 29/1/1853, and the death was registered by the coroner on 31/1/1853. Does this mean that the inquest was over, or are the deaths registerd so that a funeral can take place? In this instance, I would think that the inquest would be fairly straightforward, as the family story is that the girls were wet and drying their clothes in front of the fire when Sarah's clothes caught fire. Thanks for your help Anne

babs123

babs123 Report 7 Jul 2006 23:30

Anne A death certificate is issued AFTER the inquest. Nowadays, ( I don''t know about then) an interim death certificate is issued to the next of kin so the person can be buried. Kat

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 7 Jul 2006 23:35

My great grandfather died in a railway accident on 12th Feb. 1913 and the inquest was over by 14th Feb. They didn't hang around in those days. Kath. x

Sally

Sally Report 7 Jul 2006 23:44

When the inquest is the following day it often means that the coroner was happy to issue a certificate without a hearing so you may find that there is no newspaper report. There are various rules about doctors issueing certificates when death occurs but they have not seen the deceased within the last 7 days ie before death. In these circumstances the matter is referred to the coroner as a` matter of course. The 'inquest' is then just him (still even now much more likely to be a bloke!) saying he will issue one and there are no suspicious certs. Sally

Anne

Anne Report 8 Jul 2006 08:59

Thanks everyone, I thought that any inquest may just be a formality in this instance. I'll try later to see if there was anything in the local paper. Anne