This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Downie Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TeC.2ACE/1370 Message Board Post: Andrew Downie lived in Lochboisdale, S.Uist, in 1891 with his large family. In 1901 his widow and the younger family members were in Glasgow. I've searched in vain for any record of his death or emigration. My question is, is it known that some island deaths went unregistered? This family had previously lived on Mull and on Islay, and at least 2 of the children's deaths were also unregistered.