My grandfather died in an accident involving a streetcar where the streetcar company was at fault. His widow and family received a settlement. In what courthouse records might I find reference to a settlement Mary

On Feb 2, 4:52 pm, "tomba...@city-net.com" <tomba...@city-net.com> wrote: > My grandfather died in an accident involving a streetcar where the > streetcar company was at fault.  His widow and family received a > settlement.  In what courthouse records might I find reference to a > settlement > Mary 2-3-2008 If you have a more specific date of death or when you think the settlement might have been paid (such as the month and the day), you could check newspaper articles AFTER the death to see if there was any public mention of it, but most likely it was a private matter known only to the parties. I would be checking the probate files at the county courthouse to see if the grandfather had a last will and testament and if he did, there might be a page in the file that mentions the settlement. With this being so far back, however, you will be lucky if the courthouse keeps records that far back (sometimes they can be found on microfilm), but most courthouses do not keep files this old because the paper would deteriorate. GENEALOGICAL RESEARCHER ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

tombates@city-net.com wrote: >My grandfather died in an accident involving a streetcar where the >streetcar company was at fault. His widow and family received a >settlement. In what courthouse records might I find reference to a >settlement >Mary That makes me wonder about my grandfather's previous wife (before he married my grandmother) who died in Glasgow in 1934 after being knocked down by a motor bus (along with her friend, who survived, and her dog, who didn't!). I found a newspaper article about it in "The Scotsman", but am now wondering if anything else might have happened with the bus company at the time, other than "sorry about your loss"? Now Scotlands People have released the new indexes, I did find another 1/2 brother of my mother's, whom she didn't know about and know he died and had a daughter and I'm trying my best to trace her so may find out the full story if I find her, and she'll talk with me. Still, any suggestions about whether there may be any other records about the accident in Glasgow would be appreciated. -- Jeremy Knowles