Just a general note on Inquests. I know that one wants to see everything, but my personal experience of inquests makes me very sceptical about their value. 1. A g.g.grandfather died in a mining accident. The Coroner rather spoiled the records by informing the Registrar that the deceased was named Ralph, instead of Mark. 2 A g.uncle by marriage was found drowned in 1913 14 hours after leaving his lodgings to visit his 14 year-old daughter living with my grandparents. According to press reports and family legend, the only witness called was his landlord who said he had gone to visit one of his two daughters (wrong, he had only one). The police didn't even bother to find out if he had actually arrived; verdict - "found drowned, no reason to suggest how he got into water". There are strong grounds to believe he was pushed in. 3 A man found drowned in 1939, several days after disappearing. Identical verdict to the above. Understandably perhaps, it wasn't disclosed that his wife had just discovered that she was pregnant yet again and he was not best pleased. 4. My father was involved in an inquest in the 1950's; he had suspected a subordinate of misappropriation of funds, asked him to explain it, and was told an hour later that the man had hanged himself. My father perjured himself at the inquest by saying he knew of no reason for this, in order to protect the widow and family (he felt responsible for the man's death for the rest of his life). So I don't put much faith in inquests. Adrian On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 4:45 PM, John Hill via <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to find, if it exists, the record of the coroner's inquest on the death of Ellen Ford Hill, who died on 15 Dec 1909 in Four Oaks, Birmingham. > > When I enquired some years ago, I was informed that "Unfortunately the record of the inquest has not survived; the earliest records held for the Warwickshire Northern District start in 1911"; but it is just possible that the earlier records found their way into an archive somewhere. > > Any suggestions as to where/how I might find it? > > John. > > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message