Thanks for this Anne, and of course you are right. However, sometimes when all hope is gone and you kick a rock, under it you find something. So I refuse to give up.....I found 2 of my guys who have been missing for the past 6 years......both dead, but FOUND. You just have to be tenacious..Goldie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Burgess" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 12:19 PM Subject: Re: [MORAY] Deaths in Fochabers >> I know people die, move etc. But they don't just >> dissapear.....or do they? > > They certainly disappear from surviving records. There is no > consistency in recording of deaths (or to be strictly accurate, > recording of burials) before 1855. Some parishes did, some > didn't. > > Even after 1855, folk do disappear - they emigrate or change > their names. Even if you've only lost a John Smith who sneaked > over the border to England, forget it - English death > certificates don't tell you the parents of the deceased. > > Anne > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message