In a message dated 22/07/2004 23:56:59 GMT Daylight Time, mommy23@shaw.ca writes: I have a death certificate that gives me a very descriptive cause of death, and mentions an inquest was held, but I've been informed that inquest records from Easingwold would be unobtainable. Do you really mean Easingwold? That is in Yorkshire: perhaps, if it is Co Durham you are thinking of, you mean Easington? Does anyone know if this is in fact the case for a death in July of 1889, (he died in Bishopwearmouth hospital, in Sunderland)? Coroner's papers are often no longer extant or, if so, are not deposited in any public place and even if they are they contain little you won't already know - name, age address, cause of death and verdict - no details. Any Easington Coroner's Records which are deposited will be in Durham County Record Office. See their on-line catalogue. And does anyone know how I could find a newspaper that might have had a record of the accident he was killed in? Again, within Co Durham, your best bet is the Durham County Advertiser or the Durham Chronicle, both of which are available on microfilm in Durham County Record Office. Other possibilities would be the Sunderland Echo (Sunderland Public Library) or the Northern Echo (Darlington Public Library). Geoff Nicholson 57 Manor Park, Concord, WASHINGTON, Tyne & Wear NE37 2BU Long-established Professional Genealogist: ask for details of NBL/DUR family history research by THE local expert, working for YOU.