To add to that very good advice, it should be noted that generally they scan only some copies, ie not every day of a daily publication So if it appeared on a Monday say and that copy isn't as yet scanned as they only scanned Tuesdays papers for that title, it may have been in another days papers elsewhere which has been scanned So well worth checking the widest area if possible NB the only newspaper report of my g.g.g.grandmothers death in 1866 Uxbridge was in a Sydney Australia newspaper, one of her sons entered an announcement, it does not appear to be in any UK paper available so far, so it pays to cast the net far and wide sometimes Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 20/06/2016 11:48, Brad Rogers via wrote: > On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 10:59:02 +0100 > Keith Drage via <norfolk@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Hello Keith, > >> I would suggest your main source of material would be newspaper >> records. The British Newspaper Archive currently only has the Bury and >> Norwich Post up to 1900, The Ipswich Journal to 1902, and the Norfolk >> Chronicle > > In my, admittedly limited, experience of the newspaper archives, it's > generally a good idea to avoid limiting one's search to newspapers of > the locality of interest. For example, the most complete report I found > of a child death (by gunshot, no less) in Kent was reported in a Scottish > newspaper. That particular story was reported in several other papers > too. There's no doubt that, in the particular case cited above, the > cause of death played a not insignificant role in getting the story > reported elsewhere. Even so, limiting searches can prove to be a > mistake. > > It seems to me that such small stories would sometimes (often?) be > picked up by other local papers because of having pages to fill and not > everything locally being of sufficient interest or importance to make it > in. >

Yes you should at least check The British Newspaper Archive. You can do a narrowed search on the year and see if anything comes up, and it will not cost you anything to do the search, only to obtain copies of the results. (For those in the UK, your local library may well have a subscription.) The main point of my comment was that you may well not find anything because the relevant newspapers have not been scanned yet. For any resource, one should always check coverage. Yes others newspapers may well have news outside their region, but one should remember also that: - they obtain this directly from the local newspapers, i.e. get it sent to them and then extract interesting material. There is no independent reporting here. - generally they tend to report material likely to be of interest to their own readership (so the inquest on a murder victim or as a result of an explosion yes, as a result of a drowning, probably not. - an report even if found may well be considerably shortened. I have at least one instance where 6 column inches in the local newspaper becomes three lines in a non-local newspaper. - the presence will also depend on the supply or absence of local material. So even if you do find a report in a non-local newspaper, you will probably still need to find the local newspaper report to ensure you have the fullest account. regards Keith Drage On 20-Jun-16 12:04 PM, Nivard Ovington via wrote: > To add to that very good advice, it should be noted that generally they > scan only some copies, ie not every day of a daily publication > > So if it appeared on a Monday say and that copy isn't as yet scanned as > they only scanned Tuesdays papers for that title, it may have been in > another days papers elsewhere which has been scanned > > So well worth checking the widest area if possible > > NB the only newspaper report of my g.g.g.grandmothers death in 1866 > Uxbridge was in a Sydney Australia newspaper, one of her sons entered an > announcement, it does not appear to be in any UK paper available so far, > so it pays to cast the net far and wide sometimes > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 20/06/2016 11:48, Brad Rogers via wrote: >> On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 10:59:02 +0100 >> Keith Drage via <norfolk@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> >> Hello Keith, >> >>> I would suggest your main source of material would be newspaper >>> records. The British Newspaper Archive currently only has the Bury and >>> Norwich Post up to 1900, The Ipswich Journal to 1902, and the Norfolk >>> Chronicle >> In my, admittedly limited, experience of the newspaper archives, it's >> generally a good idea to avoid limiting one's search to newspapers of >> the locality of interest. For example, the most complete report I found >> of a child death (by gunshot, no less) in Kent was reported in a Scottish >> newspaper. That particular story was reported in several other papers >> too. There's no doubt that, in the particular case cited above, the >> cause of death played a not insignificant role in getting the story >> reported elsewhere. Even so, limiting searches can prove to be a >> mistake. >> >> It seems to me that such small stories would sometimes (often?) be >> picked up by other local papers because of having pages to fill and not >> everything locally being of sufficient interest or importance to make it >> in. >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >