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Member Since: June 2008 Posts: 114 Send Message	Carole	Report	13 Mar 2015 14:29
	Hi everyone, Does anybody know how I find out if a missing person was legally declared dead ? Would it show on the normal death records or is there a separate register ?
	Researching: Leigh,Wright,Davenport,Lamb,Mottram,Hulme in Cheshire. Godsoe,Moore Jones in Liverpool, Godsoe,Heath Rigby in Staffordshire
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	13 Mar 2015 15:03
	It would be in the normal GRO records or if overseas would be on a different GRO. Indices It may be sometime after the actual date of death though if it had to wait for a coroner to certify the death
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: June 2008 Posts: 114 Send Message	Carole	Report	13 Mar 2015 15:14
	Thank you for that. Somehow I don't think my missing person was declared dead more likely bigamous marriages followed.
	Researching: Leigh,Wright,Davenport,Lamb,Mottram,Hulme in Cheshire. Godsoe,Moore Jones in Liverpool, Godsoe,Heath Rigby in Staffordshire