Where is the best place to look up news paper articles

[michelina]

My uncle was involved in a car accident in 1962 and died and I've been told it was in the paper but I can't find anything anywhere so wondering if I'm looking in the right place
He died in 1962 aged 19 another chap was driving ( supposedly ) in Southampton ( which comes under the new forest ) his name is John W Sheehan

Any help would be grateful thank you

[nanny jan]

Hi,

If the accident happened in Southampton it was probably reported in local newspapers. The local archives would be the place to start:

http://www.southampton.gov.uk/libraries-museums/local-family-history/southampton-archives/default.aspx


Nanny Jan

[cemetery friends]

The Local Studies Library on the lower ground floor of the Central Library [as with the SCC Archives  search room is in the Civic Centre but separate departments and locations]  and this library has The Echo on microfilm but you would need to check whether the date is included. Send an e mail to local.studies@southampton.gov.uk. Incidentally the City of Southampton is not part of the New Forest