Can anyone please tell me how I could find information on an Inquest that took place on 30th May 1975 for an Elizabeth Hannah Rickard who died 28th May 1975. Apparently she took her own life by drowning in the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Rishton. I live in Australia so cannot access newspapers myself, so would appreciate some help. Regards, Janice.

Hi Janice I would suggest making contact with the County Records Office who may be able to help you Some have indexes for such events and as you have a specific date may do a quick look up, but as staff are generally stretched it may require a fee paid for them to do so Worth asking though As an Australian resident you do have access to a great many newspapers via your National Library of Australia, once registered you can use them from home 24/7 Although most papers online cover the earlier periods, they have the Times at least which would cover that period, all would depend on the day as if there were more interesting news it may not have reached the Times There are lots of other resources you have access to via the NLA as well Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 17/12/2015 10:05, janice nevill via wrote: > Can anyone please tell me how I could find information on an Inquest that > took place on 30th May 1975 for an Elizabeth Hannah Rickard who died 28th > May 1975. Apparently she took her own life by drowning in the Leeds and > Liverpool Canal Rishton. I live in Australia so cannot access newspapers > myself, so would appreciate some help. > > > > Regards, > > > > Janice. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Janice You may also find that the inquest records are still locked - normally for 75 years from the date of the event and 9 times out of 10 the local newspaper is the best bet. Googling "rishton local newspapers" provides some clues and you could try emailing the newspapers below to see if they can provide any details from their archives Lancashire Telegraph Accrington Observer Regards John Hanson Researcher, The Halsted Trust Website - www.halstedresearch.org.uk -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of janice nevill via Sent: 17 December 2015 10:05 To: [email protected] Subject: [LAN] Inquest for Elizabeth Hannah Rickard Can anyone please tell me how I could find information on an Inquest that took place on 30th May 1975 for an Elizabeth Hannah Rickard who died 28th May 1975. Apparently she took her own life by drowning in the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Rishton. I live in Australia so cannot access newspapers myself, so would appreciate some help. Regards, Janice. :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! The list's administrator can be contacted at [email protected] :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- 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