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.

The National Archives recently had a useful blog post on tracing coroner's records, and what you might expect to find in them: http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/coroners-inquest-records/ Best wishes Andrew -- Andrew Millard - [email protected] Chair, Trustees of Genuki: www.genuki.org.uk Maintainer, Genuki Middx + London: www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/MDX/ + ../LND/ Academic Co-ordinator, Guild of One-Name Studies: www.one-name.org Bodimeade one-name study: community.dur.ac.uk/a.r.millard/genealogy/Bodimeade/ My genealogy: community.dur.ac.uk/a.r.millard/genealogy/