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Title: inquest
Post by: maryderry on Wednesday 24 October 18 14:16 BST (UK)

hi folks.

my ggggrandfather died in 1891 there was an inquest into his death,is it possible to get information on the inquest.




                                                     Mary.

Title: Re: inquest
Post by: Elwyn Soutter on Wednesday 24 October 18 20:26 BST (UK)

If the papers have survived they will be in PRONI in Belfast. The e-catalogue should tell you what years they hold but the records themselves won't be on-line. So you would need to go to PRONI yourself or get a researcher to do that. Another alternative is to look for newspaper reports of the inquest. You might get something from that. (Many of the Irish papers are on-line on the British Newspapers site). Pay to view of course.

Title: Re: inquest
Post by: maryderry on Wednesday 24 October 18 23:07 BST (UK)

Thank you Elwyn,I think it will be of to the library to scroll through the newspapers.

Title: Re: inquest
Post by: aghadowey on Thursday 25 October 18 21:25 BST (UK)

Inquests, the gorier the better, were often reported in newspapers in great detail. You can do free searches here- by changing the search terms repeatedly you can often get a large part of an article.
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search/irish-newspapers

Title: Re: inquest
Post by: rathmore on Saturday 27 October 18 11:58 BST (UK)

What was his name?