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Inquest
« on: Wednesday 02 November 11 13:54 GMT (UK) »
I have a great grndfather in my Family tree who died on a building site 1891 Liverpool.
  An inquest was held.How do I obtain a copy of this report.

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Re: Inquest
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 02 November 11 14:19 GMT (UK) »
Welcome to RootsChat
Following an inquest, there is no such thing as a "coroner's report", in the sense of a structured narrative setting out what happened.
Under the Home Office Circular 250/1967, a schedule of destruction of coroners records is laid down.Once 15 years old the records can be weeded,' that is destroyed or sampled by the individual coroner concerned.
See http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/coroners/records.html about coroner's records
A newspaper report is the best bet, but it an easy matter to contact the Liverpool Record Office to see what they have.

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Re: Inquest
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 02 November 11 14:22 GMT (UK) »
hi seg37

welcome to rootschat , i,ve just done a google search for liverpool inquest records and according to a reply in the liverpool and south west lancs genealogy forum the records don,t start before 1898 so what they are saying is that they look for local newspaper reports of accidents which i know from personal experience probably give as much if not more info than coroner reports my own grandfather was killed on a building site as well i am more fortunate that my gran cut out the piece in the local paper which i have now .
do a google search for liverpool mercury 1891 that seems to be the main paper that comes up .
hope this helps
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Re: Inquest
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 02 November 11 14:24 GMT (UK) »
If you give his name then as 19th Century Newspapers are available to members of certain libraries, a search could be made to see if there is a report.

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Re: Inquest
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 02 November 11 14:40 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: t mo on Wednesday 02 November 11 14:22 GMT (UK)
hi seg37

welcome to rootschat , i,ve just done a google search for liverpool inquest records and according to a reply in the liverpool and south west lancs genealogy forum the records don,t start before 1898
trevor

In "Coroners' Records in England and Wales" they have the Register of Inquests 1898-1970, [M347 COR/L/1/1-20]. These only include name, address, date and cause of death. See http://www.rootschat.com/links/0ge3/ 

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Re: Inquest
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 03 November 11 11:01 GMT (UK) »
Thankyou everyone for your help.Ia'm looking forward to spend many happy hours on this site.
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