I would like to thank Mary and Chris for their excellent help over my query.  Tia in Canberra ----- Original Message ---- From: Tia McCombes <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, 1 July, 2008 6:16:08 AM Subject: Re: Victorian inquests Well I never thought of inquests for people possibly falling down mine shafts!  Would there only be an inquest if they found the body? There I was last night having just sent an e-mail to a distant cousin about her ancestor who apparently disappeared one night after having had a bit of a drinking session at the local pub.  It was believed that he had fallen down a mine shaft and apparently a search had been instituted for him, but he was never found.  We were discussing newspapers etc as there doesn't appear to be a death record for him, then the very next post to the list was some one asking about Inquest record for somone who had fallen down a mine shaft.  It's a small world! As a long shot could some one do a look up in the inquest index for me for a Johannes Volk around 1891. Thank you so much Tia in Canberra Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address. www.yahoo7.com.au/mail