This may help, I have lists printed in the local paper following the funerals of 2 of my ancestors who were noted businessmen, these detailed the family mourners and their relation ship to the deceased, I found this most useful. Copies of back newspapers are held at Newcastle Library, Newbridge St Newcastle upon Tyne Barbara On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 5:56 PM, REID COOPER <res20rs2@verizon.net> wrote: > Thanks to Jenny, Nivard and Brian for sharing their experience and > suggestions. We have the same distinctions between death notices and > obituaries here in the States. Obituaries were much more common in small > towns prior to the 1920's and earlier. These days many newspapers will print > an obituary for a rather hefty fee if the family is so inclined. > > I had hoped that even a death notice would shed some light on other family > members, and not just the deceased. There was much helpful information even > in the notices of death examples that Brian shared.  Because Samuel was a > man of some importance as Chief Inspector, and his son Christopher Tate > lived to be 90 and had lived and worked in Gosforth for so long, I thought > that they might have had some mention somewhere. > > > > I think I need to contact the Library Services in Tyne and Wear and see if I > can pay someone to do a search since I have specific death dates and > addresses to go by. Thanks to the group for your comments. > > Reid Cooper > > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >