Genealogy Chat

Grace,

My gr grandfather committed suicide in 1897 in Southwark. He died in Guy's hospital which was where the inquest took place.

I searched all over the place for information. I even went to the local RO in Southwark. They were very helpful and I looked through fiches of local newspapers.

Nothing.

Then, this last weekend, someone gave the details of a searchable newspaper site, so feeling a bit bored, I typed in the date of the inquest and the word inquest and - after looking through a few pages - bingo. Was I chuffed to bits? Oh yes. But also sad as it gave me bits of info that I did not know.

The press report for him was in Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper. His inquest was on Sat 2 Oct 1897 and the paper was the issue dated Sun 3 Oct. So, maybe Colindale would be able to help - or someone visiting Colindale. If you work out what day of the week the inquest took place and see if someone is prepared to look at the next issue you might be lucky.

Not sure if the chap at LB Southwark RO would do lookups for you but again, could be worth asking.

Good luck.

Jill

Jill,

Do you have the web address for the searchable newspaper site for the Lloyds Weekly News please? - It sounds very useful.

Thanks,

Dea x

Hi Grace

I think the link closed - it only seems to work for a couple of days. But, it's been posted before and I expect it will be again, so keep your eyes peeled for it.

Good luck at the LMA. Not sure how far that is from Colindales but that's where all the newspapers are and it's likely you'll find yours in the Lloyd's Weekly if you don't find it in the locals.

Jill