On 16 Jul 2007 at 22:54, Trunthsams@aol.com wrote: > I am off on an eastern Ontario quest, but I just saw Ancestors in the Attic > when I was in Canada and it brought to mind one huge brick wall. > > I know that Charles Arthur McQuarrie was alive in 1943 and living in Vellore, > ON. It is near Sioux Lookout. Vellore doesn't exist any more. I believe > > Besides paying for a death cert. search in 5 year increments beginning I > guess in 1943 (at great govt. charge), is there any coroner data base or any other > way to find him? > I would try the National Registration File. This was the compulsory registration of all persons, 16 years of age or older, in the period from 1940 to 1946. This is another way to find an ancestor in that time period. http://naturalizationrecords.com/canada/naturalization.shtml That should tell you a much closer death year and a location Lorine -- Lorine McGinnis Schulze * Olive Tree Genealogy (Ships Passenger Lists) http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ * Naturalization Records http://naturalizationrecords.com/ * Images of Ships Lists http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/ otg@csolve.net or olivetreegenealogy@gmail.com