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My gr grandfather commited suicide in 1930,does anyone know if was such things as coroners reports ect back then and if able to get a copy of it we know how he did it but no idea why Kazzie

Hi Kazzie Yes coroners reports were done then, i don't know if its the same for all areas. I asked about one carried out in Liverpool and was told they are destroyed after 25 years. Give your nearest central library a call they should be able to help. Julie

Sorry forgot to add, you could check local papers around that time, as it might have been reported. Julie

Kazzie Coroners reports are routinely destroyed :-( but you can usually find an account of proceedings in the local newspapers, which are on microfilm in either the relevant county records office or local history centre or library. I found my great-grandfather's inquest reported in a local paper in just this way. Only a paragraph, but it added more detail to the info I had on the death cert. Nell

Thanks Helen and Julie will go records office and look it up Kazzie

Thanks for that Kal will try that if find where the coroners office is here in Dorset,I didnt realise so many people took their own lives back,all I know is mine was a really depresed man maybe caused by something hed seen during ww1 as know he was in Navy Kazzie