Hi Eliz If you search the GRO index you will find over 400 deaths registered for "Unknown" in 1920 Of those 250 were male Unknown Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 18/01/2016 15:37, elizgh via wrote: > 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