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Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 302 Send Message	stinkermurdock	Report	30 Sep 2010 20:37
	I have been looking for the death of a Valentine Riches, born C1765 who was a master mariner. I have been unable to find his death and wondered if there was anywhere I could check to see if he may of died at sea. His wife died in 1841 a widow in Middlesex. Thanks in advance
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	Ozibird	Report	30 Sep 2010 21:57
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	Have you tried findmypast.co.uk ? Although it is most likely that he may have died before civil registration which started 1 July 1837 as he would've been in his 70s. Ozi

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