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Help finding murdered great grandmother!!

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Debs

Debs Report 1 Mar 2004 13:20

Bob Thanks for the tip. Debbie

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 29 Feb 2004 23:52

Deborah Hullo, If it was sufficiently infamous, it might have been written up in "The Times" you might find your local library has the indexes for this....Bob

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

Debs

Debs Report 29 Feb 2004 17:46

Thanks everyone for the advice. Eagerly waiting the death cert so I have some dates to go on. will try PRO and New Scotland Yard. Will let you all know how I get on.

Ellen

Ellen Report 29 Feb 2004 13:19

Check out the PRO site. I had a sucess using it for a murder trial. However when searching I used the guilty partys name- not the victim. Have you sent for her death cert? it may give some info. Helena

Pat Kendrick

Pat Kendrick Report 29 Feb 2004 10:54

Debbie At the time you G grandmother died all murders were investigated by New Scotland Yard. It might be worth writing to thier records office or black museum for info. I think it was the latter part of the 1900's that murders in England were investigated locally. Good luck Pat

Debs

Debs Report 29 Feb 2004 09:08

Hi Now found my great grandmother died 1934-1935 so have sent for death cert. Can't wait for it to come to unravel the mystery a little more. Thanks for all the advice. Debbie

Debs

Debs Report 29 Feb 2004 08:42

Gwynne Thanks for the advice. I'm sure I'll get there in the end. Debbie

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 29 Feb 2004 07:17

Hi, We had a similar mystery. The only way I could think of was to find the death. I searched the fiche at our local LDS centre (unlike 1837online it's free). It took ages but I found it eventually. Then I sent for the cert. Once I had the date I hired a researcher to look in the Collindale library in London. She sent me copies of reports of the murder and the trial for £15 which I thought was very reasonable. Hope this helps, Gwynne

Researching:
Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset

Debs

Debs Report 28 Feb 2004 23:58

I'd really like some advice on finding more information about my great grandmother's death. My late grandmother suddenly revealed in her twilight years that her mother Eliza Fanny Peckham (married name) was murdered by an escapee from a "lunatic asylum". This could have happened any time between 1910 and 1940ish in the Wandsworth/ East/West Ham area in London. I've searched 1837 online from 1918-1929 (run out of credits now),the British Library online newspaper files, murderresearch website and am wondering where to try next. Would the NBI help? (I'm not sure how recent it is). Where is the best place to go for newspaper archives - I live in Wiltshire and getting to the capital is difficult as I have two toddlers age 2 and 3 and am epileptic? I'd love to solve this family mystery. Any advice would be appreciated.