Coroner’s records and inquest proceedings can provide critical details about sudden, suspicious, or unexplained deaths. These records often include testimony, medical findings, witness statements, and jury verdicts. Understanding the terminology used in inquest files helps genealogists interpret cause of death, circumstances, and legal conclusions. Term Meaning Coroner Public official responsible for investigating certain types of […]
Category: Coroner Records
Coroner records are available online and offline from all over the U.S. and are what I consider a hidden gem of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research. The way I like to think of it is: “We spend a lot of our research time trying to find the […]
Did you know that about 20% of deaths in the United States are investigated by a Coroner or a Medical Examiner? I first got interested when I accidentally found a Coroner’s Report for my Great Aunt, who died in 1911. Her cause of death was accidental and very sad. So I began researching Coroner Reports […]
Coroner records are available online and offline from all over the U.S. and are what I consider a hidden gem of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research. The way I like to think of it is: “We spend a lot of our research time trying to find the […]
Did you know that about 20% of deaths in the United States are investigated by a Coroner or a Medical Examiner? I first got interested when I accidentally found a Coroner’s Report for my Great Aunt, who died in 1911. Her cause of death was accidental and very sad. So I began researching Coroner Reports […]