Re: "Declared Dead " ?????
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Re: "Declared Dead " ?????
June Pelo 7/04/11
Actually the persons were declared dead by the court, not the church. This might have been necessary for clearing estates when one of the possible inheritants had not been heard of for decades or when a wife left here in Finland wanted to marry again and the husband had left for America and never heard of again. I have examples of these in my family. Before a person was declared dead, there was a search for him/Her, with announcements in newspapers etc.