In a message dated 29/02/2004 19:41:45 GMT Standard Time, markandjanboyes@ntlworld.com writes: > The places where you could ask for any Coroner's records for Stockton is > the > Teesside Archives at Middlesbrough > > Or Durham Record Office;- > Durham Record Office's complete catalogue is on-line. It includes a list of inquests (ie the names of the persons and the rough date) for which papers have been deposited. However, deposited inquest papers usually give only the bare details - the name of the person, the date and the verdict. Nothing about the circumstances or about the evidence given. That sort of detail can usually be found from newspaper reports, which will probably exist in local newspapers of the times. If found, remember to check other editions of the same paper for (a) the report of the death - either the conventional "family notice" or perhaps a news story about it and the finding of the body, (b) a report of the funeral and (c) a formal obituary. You are not likely to find all three but two (or even one) out of three could make all the difference! Geoff Nicholson 57 Manor Park, Concord, WASHINGTON, Tyne & Wear NE37 2BU NBL/DUR family history research in depth by THE local expert. Record searching service: you name the records, I search them!