I'm wondering if SKS can help me. I have been searching for many years for my Granddads Brother Harry who was on the 1901 census aged 14 then he totally disappears. I can't find him in the Marriage/death index, the family are on the 1911 but not him. My mother always said that Granddad had two brothers, both killed in WW1. I can find the death of one but not Harry. My question is, does anyone know if some of the soldiers killed in the war were not included in the death index? Many thanks Paula -- Paula

It's important to remember that not all who volunteered for WW1 used their correct name and or age. Many are indexed by initials rather than given names and several I have looked up had no address for next of kin recorded. Did Harry have a second name that he may have used for preference. Did he enlist as Henry. Perhaps he never served in WW1 but disappeared and the family legend covered the situation. Keith Wellington, NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula Payne" <1seabreeze@gmail.com> To: <NOTTSGEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 11:51 PM Subject: [NTT] War death index > I'm wondering if SKS can help me. > > I have been searching for many years for my Granddads Brother Harry who > was > on the 1901 census aged 14 then he totally disappears. I can't find him in > the Marriage/death index, the family are on the 1911 but not him. My > mother > always said that Granddad had two brothers, both killed in WW1. I can find > the death of one but not Harry. My question is, does anyone know if some > of > the soldiers killed in the war were not included in the death index? Many > thanks > > > > Paula > > > -- > Paula > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message