Elizabeth, In the GRO records it would be noted as Male Unknown. Obviously there would be an attempt to find out who it was and a post mortem etc would be carried out and it would be buried but there would have been no more they could do back in those days Jan -----Original Message----- From: elizgh via Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 3:37 PM To: norfolk@rootsweb.com Subject: [NFK] UNKNOWN BODY Hi, this is not Norfolk specific , but I wondered if anyone on the list would know , having a huge coastline and rivers and broads and fens, what would happen in 1920 to a dead body discovered drowned or in the street just died of hypothermia ? Pre DNA , pre computer generated images .........How would such a death , if no identification was made , be registered ??? Does GRO have a list of unknowns died in whatever registration district ? Any help would be much appreciated . --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message