Hi, I am wondering if there is someone who could tell me of a libarary or someplace that may have old newspapers from 1873 that could be searched for Auckland, Durham, England. I do not live in the area but would be happy to pay for the service. I am looking for an article on my great-grandfather Robert Stephenson who was run over by a train about 17th of December 1873. His death certificate says he died three days later at the union workhouse of Bishop Auckland in the registration district of Auckland, Durham, England. His parents were Isaac and Elizabeth (Ingleby) Stephenson. He was married to Hannah Toward, daughter of William and Mary (Richardson) Toward. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Stephanie stschick50@chartermi.net

Hi Stephanie, I'm fairly sure Darlington Library, Local Studies section have a selection of local papers that would cover Auckland at that time. Their website is here - http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Education/Library/Centre+for+Local+Studies/Centre%20for%20Local%20Studies.htm Katherine Williamson is extremely helpful and services are very reasonably priced, in fact I'd be surprised if they charged a search fee because you have a fairly precise date to look for, so you'd be looking at a cost of about 10p per A4 page photocopy, plus postage. I would have thought that an inquest would have been held to determine who was at fault, and a newspaper report might have been given on that, as well as the tragedy, but an inquest is usually mentioned on the death certificate. Email her at mailto:local.studies@darlington.gov.uk or telephone 01325 349630 Hope this helps, Colin ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephanie Schickinger To: DUR-NBL@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 2:39 PM Subject: [DUR-NBL] Are old newspapers available for Durham, England? Hi, I am wondering if there is someone who could tell me of a libarary or someplace that may have old newspapers from 1873 that could be searched for Auckland, Durham, England. I do not live in the area but would be happy to pay for the service. I am looking for an article on my great-grandfather Robert Stephenson who was run over by a train about 17th of December 1873. His death certificate says he died three days later at the union workhouse of Bishop Auckland in the registration district of Auckland, Durham, England. His parents were Isaac and Elizabeth (Ingleby) Stephenson. He was married to Hannah Toward, daughter of William and Mary (Richardson) Toward. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Stephanie stschick50@chartermi.net