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Hi Rootschatters - I am researching a man whose family lost touch with him in the 1950s for a friend, his descendant, and really would love to know what became of him.  I have now tracked down his death certificate but it seems the authorities didn't know he had any family and they weren't informed of his death.  He died in England in 1991 and the person who registered the death was a worker at the hospital in which he died.  That is all the information I can get from the death certificate other than the cause, of course, and his usual residence.  It also informs me that he was cremated but I don't know if his name will be left anywhere from that since it's likely the local authorities took care of it by the look of things.  Even his occupation was left blank on the certificate so the person registering his death must have known little about him.

I have searched the wills/probate register for him but there is nothing.  Surely even if he had relatively little his possessions must have gone somewhere    I was hoping a probate record would tell me more.

I was really hoping to find his death was registered by a family member or family friend and I could find out more about his life and what became of him after the 1950s from them but I'm now not sure where else to search.  I have traced his siblings too - all of them are also dead now but I have spoken to some of their children and it seems he lost touch with his siblings a long time ago too and their children knew very little.  He's such a mystery!

Any suggestions on if there's anything more I can do or if I'll need to make do with finding his death gratefully received!  Thanks.