help with suffolk cause of death
 

Hi

I'm looking for help of where to start looking into the cause of death of my great grandfather who died in late 1977 in Ipswich, Suffolk. I think it may have been reported in the local newspapers at the time as there was an inquest but i'm not sure. Can anybody give me some pointers?

Thanks

ooh I will get back to you. I had a cert come with cause of death accidental fall, and a coroners reference I e mailed a couple of places in Suffolk to ask for them to check the local papers for the inquest report. One did find it and copy and send to me for about £2.

Maybe e mail the record office first?

Your first step is to get the death cert, which will tell you the cause of death, and should say whether there was an inquest or not.

The Ipswich library should have local newspapers; you could try e-mailing them.

Just better check - was it 1977 or perhaps 1877?

Ok - I'll try and find an email address for the Ipswich library...and 1977. If there was an inquest I think it would have been in early 1978

Try this email address:

[email protected]

Sorry about questioning the year! I have a great-grandfather who died in 1894 and some great-grandparents who died in 1962, so it could have been either!

Isn't it strange I came across the copy they sent me only yesterday when I was sorting out my paperwork!

just sent an email to that very address - thank you muchly. can you apply for death certificates if the death is only just over 30 years old. I'm not sure how to go about this as I can't find anything on ancestry

Yes, but you have to give the exact date of death for deaths less than 50 years ago unless you know the GRO reference.

The full death index hasn't been transcribed yet, so you'll need to look at the images in the COMPLETE index on Ancestry, which you'll find here:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/D...d=0%3a7858%3a0

thanks - I'll have another look at ancestry. Apparently the suffolk library only keep the last year of newspaper copies on file