Owen <okclough@paradise.net.nz> wrote..... > If a person died in 1851, would there have been a mention in a local paper. > > His name was James CLOUGH died Bradford 20 January 1851, he was married to > a Hannah CLOUGH nee BARRACLOUGH> IT depends on a number of factors. 1) The circumstances. If he was killed in an accident there would have been an inquest and very likely a report in a Bradford newspaper. 2) Was he well known in the city? If so, there would almost certainly have been an obituary. 3) Even if he wasn't well known, the family might still have placed a death notice in the paper. Bradford Central Library has a large card index file of hundreds (probably thousands, in fact) of references from Bradford newspapers in Victorian times. Try asking them. They have a website and an e-mail address, which you should be able to find easily via google or similar. Roy Stockdill (Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies) Guild of One-Name Studies:- www.one-name.org Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History:- www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html Never ask a man if he comes from Yorkshire. If he does he will tell you, if he does not why humiliate him? - Canon Sydney Smith

I have a photocopy of a page from the Bradford Observer of 1856 of deaths including my own 2xgt grandfather. There are also deaths of two inmates of the workhouse on the same page so it could be that most people were included. Kind regards Judith Kettlewell ----- Original Message ----- From: Roy Stockdill <roy@stockdillfhs.org.uk> To: <ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 6:37 AM Subject: Re: [ BRAD] Newspaper > Owen <okclough@paradise.net.nz> wrote..... > > > If a person died in 1851, would there have been a mention in a local paper. > > > > His name was James CLOUGH died Bradford 20 January 1851, he was married to > > a Hannah CLOUGH nee BARRACLOUGH> > > IT depends on a number of factors. > > 1) The circumstances. If he was killed in an accident there would > have been an inquest and very likely a report in a Bradford > newspaper. > > 2) Was he well known in the city? If so, there would almost certainly > have been an obituary. > > 3) Even if he wasn't well known, the family might still have placed a > death notice in the paper. > > Bradford Central Library has a large card index file of hundreds > (probably thousands, in fact) of references from Bradford newspapers > in Victorian times. Try asking them. They have a website and an > e-mail address, which you should be able to find easily via google or > similar. > > Roy Stockdill (Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies) > Guild of One-Name Studies:- www.one-name.org > Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History:- www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html > > Never ask a man if he comes from Yorkshire. If he does he will tell you, if he does not why humiliate him? - Canon Sydney Smith > > > ==== ENG-YKS-BRADFORD Mailing List ==== > Do not advertise commercial or non genealogical content links after or within your messages without first seeking permission from the Admin. > Do not use the list as a port hole to advertise website urls. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >