Thank you for your help. Yes, he must have been identified, as I have him listed as "Casualty Type" - Commonwealth War Dead; his plot #33; grave 10 in Kirkwall (St. Olaf's) Cemetery; died May 1, 1944, at the age of 20. Your offer to look him up on the LDS index is much appreciated - I guess the only other thing I need as a reference is his parish of registration & entry number. Many thanks, Elizabeth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greenwood" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 12:24 PM Subject: Re: [Orkney] George Herbert Abbott - WWII > Elizabeth, if this lad died in Orkney, his death registration should be > found there regardless of where he was born. Fisherman or victims of > sinking ships who die at sea have been recorded in the Death > Registration books for Orkney if a body was found and identified. I've > read registration entries for those who washed up and were > UNidentified....reasoning was they were found to be legally dead in > Orkney, therefore registered there in whatever parish they were found. > Do you happen to know if his body was recovered from the wreckage ? > Knowing this might make a difference in figuring out what county or > parish in which his death would be recorded. > > Try logging onto www.ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk/ pay the fee with a credit > card and view all the hits for George ABBOTT who died in Orkney, all > parishes. If no hits are found, try alternate spellings like ABOTT or > ABBOT. If you enter a birth year or age, S-P looks one year either side > of the stated year for returning the hits which is extremely helpful. > Death Regsitrations for Scotland are searchable up to 1954 which is 50 > years ago. > > Getting a Death Registration photocopy from Kirkwall will cost you 13.50 > Pounds Sterling....way too expensive for my pocketbook. A researcher > can get this same Registration from Edinburgh for about 1 Pound > Sterling. ScotlandsPeople this is definitely the quckest way to get > George ABBOTT's Death Registration no matter where it was recorded. > > If you can wait until Monday, I'll check the LDS filmed Death Index for > his year of death to see if he is recorded in Scotland at all. It would > give his name, age at death, the parish of registration and entry > number. Its easier to check for the alternate spellings and the given > age would most assuredly help identify your man. Let me know if you'd > like me to check the Index film, please verify the age and year of death > for me. > > MegG in OK, USA > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~