newspaper archives

[lostboy87]

hi i live in yorkshire and im wanting to find a certain article from a local newspaper or it could have been in a national i dont know.a woman hung herself and her two kids in my girlfriends house in the 60s or 70s.i just wondered if anyone knows how to find somthing like this?ive tried everything even my local newspaper archives but they dont go that far back.could somone please help because its like trying to find a needle in a haystack on the net!
my girlfriends niece is 3 and she started talcking about children being in the house and sitting at the end of her bed and havind conversations with ppl who are not there.we just want to find info on what happened cos its creeping us out.

[Buenchico]

A few suggestions for you:

1. Talk to neighbours, or others in the area, who might remember the incident. They might be able to assist in narrowing down the date.

2. See if anyone knows where the family are buried. (That, of course, assumes that they weren't cremated). The gravestones will probably show the dates of death.

3. If your local newspaper can't help, it might be worth trying the regional one. Contact details for the Yorkshire Post are here:
http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/mk4custompages /CustomPage.aspx?sectionID=11052

4. The main reference library for your area will probably retain copies of the local newspapers (possibly on microfiche or digital storage).

5. Local newspapers are also stored by the county record office (Your local library will be able to tell you where this is).

Chris