Family Announcements in Newspapers - 1900 to Now

[Jean Price]

Hello All,
I have access to Irish Newspaper Archives, and have found some deaths, marriages, and coroners reports for my Catholic relations in Cavan and Meath. Great.
But why can I not find any of the Protestant family members in Co. Down? Even with the exact date of death (in the last 20 years) nothing comes up.
Am I looking in the wrong newspapers, or do the Protestants not advertise deaths and funerals?
Thank You
Jean in New Zealand

[kingskerswell]

Hi Jean,
           You may be looking at the wrong newspaper or the family may not have put a notice in the paper. However many protestant families do put a notice in a local paper and often put an "in memorium" notice for the anniversary for some years afterwards.

Regards

[aghadowey]

People did, and still do, put notices in the local newspapers which tend to be the ones they read. Do you have a particular area in County Down in mind?

Just to give you an few example-
Down Recorder (est.1836)- http://www.thedownrecorder.co.uk/

And don't rule out the Belfast papers- Belfast Telegraph, Newsletter, etc.

However, most will not be available online except for the most recent announcements.

[Jean Price]

Thank you Kingskerswell and Aghadowey,

The Down Recorder is by subscription, but I was lucky with the Belfast Telegraph.
Pse also see my answer to the Belfast Telegraph thread.
Jean