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'Unknown's on BMD after the Z's.
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RStar | Report | 13 Sep 2010 20:21 |
I love stuff like that Squirrel. I know it sounds morbid, but its like detective work - as is genealogy. So fascinating. |
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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** | Report | 13 Sep 2010 17:31 |
Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately depending which angle you see it from) there was an article the other week on unidentified bodies in modern times that go back decades. They've come up with photofits of those that have died in the hope that people may recognise them as someone who may have disappeared. |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 13 Sep 2010 17:28 |
We are close to the English Channel, so the men could be sailors from foreign ships maybe.There were many shipwrecks over the years. |
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RStar | Report | 13 Sep 2010 17:00 |
Oh Lord, Gwyn. Thats awful. It makes you wonder, how could they not know who the men were? After their burial their families could be searching for them forever more. And the little boy, poor soul. How someone could do that is unbelievable, cold blooded murder. I hope an investigation was launched. I dont know how they could live with themselves. :-( |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 13 Sep 2010 16:50 |
That is sad.... |
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RStar | Report | 13 Sep 2010 16:39 |
I find it sad how many 'unknown' listings are after the Z surnames on the BMD indexes. For the births they usually have forenames followed by 'unknown' for the surname, but sometimes both names are unknown. Does it mean these children were found abandoned? There are entries through the 1900s, all over the country. I wonder if they had happy lives, mostly. |