Thanks to everyone who has suggested sources for the Titanic. Encyclopedia Titanica I had already found, with some details about the two men I am researching. What I really need is a death certificate for one of them in particular, as he is proving difficult to find in other sources. Claire

Assuming the passenger in question was a British Citizen, a Death Certificate would not normally be issued unless a body had been recovered and repatriated to England or Wales for burial. There would then need to be a Coroner's Inquest and the Coroner would issue a Death Certificate. If the body was never recovered, the person's widow or other interested person could apply to the courts for a Death Certificate after an interval. I *think* back then, the interval was seven years. It is also possible that the death registration may not be included in the usual "run" of GRO Death Indexes. There is another set of GRO Indexes reserved for Marine Deaths up to 1965 which might be worth checking. This usually contains the details of people buried at sea where a service has been held and the details have been recorded in the Captain's Log. However, when a person is presumed to be lost at sea and a Death Certificate is issued many years afterwards, I am not sure which set of indexes the registration may appear within, so it would be worth checking both. Best wishes Marion Woolgar Bognor Regis, West Sussex SFHG NO: 3323