In message <[email protected]>, Paul Verney <[email protected]> writes > >Hi, > >Can SKP help me with this? >How would I go about finding the cause of death for someone who died in >1811. >in the Wensley / Layburn area? >Are there any death reports at this time & where would I start to look > >Dotty in Gloucestershire. Hi Dotty, Unless there was something unusual about the circumstances, you are unlikely to find anything. There were no death certificates at this date. Some parish burial records mention illnesses/cause of death, but this very much depended on what the incumbent/parish clerk wished to make a note of. I've just looked at the PR transcript of Wensley for 1811 and no cause of death details are given. If the death was caused by an accident, you could try local newspapers. Sometimes there are clues on a memorial inscription. <http://www.bl.uk/collections/newspapers.html> Regards, -- Helen Oram

Hi Helen, Thanks for your help. I'm really stumped on this one. Her name was JANE ATKINSON aprox 40yrs & had six children, Youngest child aged 3yrs. - so as far as I know it was not childbirth, So I was looking maybe for an epidemic. Thanks for looking at the PR transcripts of Wensley. I have been to the graveyard to look for MI, but guess they would be to poor to have a headstone erected. Could find nothing in local newspaper either. Dotty in Gloucestershire, >>How would I go about finding the cause of death for someone who died in >>1811. >>in the Wensley / Layburn area? >>Are there any death reports at this time & where would I start to look > Hi Dotty, > Unless there was something unusual about the circumstances, you are > unlikely to find anything. There were no death certificates at this date. > Some parish burial records mention illnesses/cause of death, but this very > much depended on what the incumbent/parish clerk wished to make a note of. > I've just looked at the PR transcript of Wensley for 1811 and no cause of > death details are given. > If the death was caused by an accident, you could try local newspapers. > Sometimes there are clues on a memorial inscription. > > <http://www.bl.uk/collections/newspapers.html> > > Regards, > -- > Helen Oram > > ______________________________