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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 23 Send Message	Darzet Dumpling	Report	4 Jun 2007 23:00
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 23 Send Message	Having just received my Grt Grt Grt Grandfathers death certificate, it says the informant was a coroner and gives the date of an inquest. How would i go about finding info about this inquest?
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 1 344 Send Message	Anne	Report	4 Jun 2007 23:07
	You might be lucky and find that the inquest papers still exist at the court in question. Most of them seem to be destroyed after a while. Usually they inquest would be reported in the local paper. You have the date on the certificate and that will make the search quicker. You will find local newspapers at the library or county archive of the area. anne
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23 195 Send Message	Joy	Report	4 Jun 2007 23:18
	As has been said, not all reports survived. As well as the local newspaper, you can contact the appropriate records office to ask if the inquest report did survive.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 23 Send Message	Darzet Dumpling	Report	5 Jun 2007 16:07
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 23 Send Message	Thank you ladies. I contacted the North Devon Record Offices, who informed me that no inquest papers exist before the 2nd World War. However, they do have local newspapers on microfiche, so i think i long overdue visit to Devon is on the cards :)