Seeking Help in Old newspaper Archives (General)

by BarbDias, Tuesday, May 23, 2006, 08:23 (6752 days ago)

Hello

My cousin and I have been trying to locate our great grandfather's burial information. We don't have a lot to go on other than he may have died in the Forest of Dean area. We live on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, and researching overseas has proven very difficult........to say the least. We are of Portuguese decent, and we have found one lead that may be the man we have been seeking. His name was Jose Pereira Dias, and here is my request.

We need someone to go through the archived newspapers for Monmouth to see if there is a newspaper report for a man who drowned in the Wye River on or about November 13, 1924. He was found at Welsh Bicknor and buried at Monmouth as an unknown male. He was about 55 years old.

Can anyone help us out, or lead us in the right direction to find this information if possible, it would be so much appreciated.
Thank you for your time
Barbara Dias