Hi Paul, Thanks, but I already did that… What I was after was the original testimony of the witnesses, and the account in the press only summarises the proceedings. John. > On 21 Mar 2016, at 17:15, Paul Prescott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi John: > > Your chances are finding the records are very slim indeed. But you > should be able to find a good description of the case in newspaper > records. FMP has the Birmingham Mail and others. > > Paul > > > > > On 21 March 2016 at 16:45, 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
Hi John I would try other newspapers for a fuller report. Most of the ones I have seem to have verbatim reports of the witness statements. What was the result of the inquest? Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hill via" <[email protected]> To: "Paul Prescott" <[email protected]> Cc: "GOONS List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 8:49 AM Subject: Re: [G] Coroner's Inquest, Birmingham 1909 Hi Paul, Thanks, but I already did that… What I was after was the original testimony of the witnesses, and the account in the press only summarises the proceedings. John. > On 21 Mar 2016, at 17:15, Paul Prescott <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi John: > > Your chances are finding the records are very slim indeed. But you > should be able to find a good description of the case in newspaper > records. FMP has the Birmingham Mail and others. > > Paul > > > > > On 21 March 2016 at 16:45, 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 _____________________________________________ 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