Thank you Jan, that's what I will be doing :) Cheers for your help. Lynda On 30 January 2011 15:05, Jan Daly <jdaly270@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > Lynda > > I tried to find something in the British Newspapers accessible online from > the State Library of NSW.  No luck.  Perhaps you should try writing to a > library in Birmingham where they may have other papers.  If you get a copy > of the death certificate first you will be able to give the correct date of > death which might assist them. > > Jan Daly > > Sydney, Aus > > -----Original Message----- > From: gloucester-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:gloucester-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lynda's Lot > Sent: 30 January 2011 12:47 > To: gloucester@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GLS] Newspaper look-up please? Walter William FLETCHER died ca > December 1911 > > Hi Brian in Washington > > I'd seen that entry at FreeBMD, which narrowed his death down a bit. > I'm just hoping that someone may be able to find a write-up in the > paper because of the circumstances of his death.  All I have to go on > at the moment is hearsay and we all know how reliable that is, lol. > > Getting the death certificate is an option too.  Thanks for your help :-) > > Cheers, Lynda > > > > On 30 January 2011 13:39, Brian Nilsson <bhnilsson@aol.com> wrote: >> Hi Lynda, >> >> Good evening from Washington, DC. >> >> I wasn't able to find a newspaper reference but found Walter W. Fletcher >> listed in the England and Wales FreeBMDDeath Index, 1837-1915.  It lists > his >> death registered in the Oct-Nov-Dec. 1911 registration quarter for Aston, > in >> Warwickshire, recorded in Vol. 6d, p. 427.  It lists his age as 30, so > born >> about 1881.  Perhaps this will help you obtain a death certificate that > may >> help you confirm his cause of death and perhaps find a newspaper > reference. >> >> Hope this is of help! >> >> Brian >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Lynda's Lot <lydige@gmail.com> >> To: gloucester <gloucester@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sat, Jan 29, 2011 7:14 pm >> Subject: [GLS] Newspaper look-up please? Walter William FLETCHER died ca >> December 1911 >> >> Good afternoon from New Zealand. >> I'm wondering if SKS with access to early British newspapers can look >> something up for me please? >> Walter William FLETCHER, died (believed murdered) ca December 1911 in >> Aston, (Birmingham) Warwickshire.  I realise it's not Gloucestershire, >> but he and his wife Kate Ann ASTON were both born in Gloucester and >> married there. >> Thanks in advance. >> Lynda >>  _____________________________________________ >> Gloucestershire Family History Society: >> www.gfhs.org.uk >> Gloucestershire Archives: >> www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15434 >> Gloucestershire BMD Index 1837 to 2005: >> http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body >> of >> the message >> > >  _____________________________________________ > > Gloucestershire Family History Society: > www.gfhs.org.uk > > Gloucestershire Archives: > www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15434 > > Gloucestershire BMD Index 1837 to 2005: > http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >  _____________________________________________ > > Gloucestershire Family History Society: > www.gfhs.org.uk > > Gloucestershire Archives: > www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15434 > > Gloucestershire BMD Index 1837 to 2005: > http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >