Thanks to all that answered my questions. I have called the records dept for the Richmond City Police. They say they do not have access to reports that far back and insist there would be no police report for a suicide back then. They also said the coronor or medical eximiner could not help that far back that I need to call the hospital he was sent to. I will have to find that out next time I go to Richmond and call the hospital. Thanks for all the help you kind folks. Janet

Just a note. Out here in the wild west! Had separate incidents of an accidental shooting and a suicide in 1890's that made the statewide papers. One article mentioned the "coroner's report". I found copies of the coroner's report in the Arizona State Archives. Now, they may have been in the state archives because the actions had occurred when the state was still a territory, so, perhaps in Richmond City, the reports would be in the Richmond City County archives. Pat (in Tucson) -----Original Message----- From: Janet Tennent [mailto:jtennent@starpower.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 18:26 To: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VAROOTS] Re: Police report and autopsy Thanks to all that answered my questions. I have called the records dept for the Richmond City Police. They say they do not have access to reports that far back and insist there would be no police report for a suicide back then. They also said the coronor or medical eximiner could not help that far back that I need to call the hospital he was sent to. I will have to find that out next time I go to Richmond and call the hospital. Thanks for all the help you kind folks. Janet ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237