There are several different series of 'Missing Friends' records, all of which are superb for family history, with historical background and/or biographical details and physical descriptions. Many records also say when/where the subject was found (or last seen), what alias he/she used, etc, and usually the enquirer's name/address. There are records for:

• People sought (for many reasons) by relatives or friends.
• Runaway children (including eloping daughters).
• People missing and suspected of being mentally ill.
• Wife / child deserters.
• Women who abandoned a child.
• Fathers of illegitimate children.
• Absconders from reformatories or from employment.
• Missing beneficiaries of wills.
• Suspected bigamists.
• People sought as witnesses to a crime.
• Various other missing persons.

Explanation of names below:

• Most were born in the United Kingdom, Ireland, western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, USA or Canada.
• Some people 'disappeared' decades before the Missing Friend record was created. These names are from records created between 1894 and 1955.
• This is an ongoing indexing project, with about 8,000 names yet to be added (click this button to be notified):
• Names are from five (5) different series of records.
• Abbreviations:  b. = born;  Chapman County Codes are used for States/countries.
• Scroll through the list. Many names were spelled incorrectly in the records.
• Names beginning with 'Mc' precede other 'M' surnames.
• Apostrophes have been removed from names such as O'SULLIVAN.
• See also 'Other Suggestions' (below 'Copying Service').
• If there are several entries for a name, investigate them all. They may be for the same person or for different people with the same name.
• For names below, I can supply copies of the original records (this link leads to instructions).

Names beginning with:  A - G  (or no surname)    H - O    P - Z

HAGAN Stephen
HAHN Henry L
HALL Octavius Augustus
HALLEY John Stewart
HALPIN Joseph James
HAMILTON Hannah
HAMNETT Henry James
HANCOCK Robert
HANLON James Anthony
HARDY Harold George
HARE Arthur Ernest
HARKINS Edward
HARRIS Samuel
HARTWIG Mary
HARVEY James
HARVEY Robert
HARVEY Tom
HARVIE James
HATHAWAY William
HAYES Edward Bryan
HAYWARD James
HAYWARD Reubin
HEALY Thomas
HEARN Maria (of Eulo)
HEIN .. (female; born about 1890)
HELLMUTH Theodore Johannes
HEMNLING John
HENDERSON Alfred Edward
HENNING Thomas
HENRY James
HERRNBRODEL Julius
HEUSIR Annie
HILL Archie (Sergeant-Major)
HILL James
HILLIER Julius
HOCKING Fred (b. South Australia)
HODGE George
HODGSON Ernest Albert
HODSON .. (husband of Mary Jane of NZ)
HOJGAARD Christen
HOLLAND David
HOLLAND Thomas
HOOD Ethel
HOOK Joseph John
HORBURY Alfred
HORN James
HOSCOCK John Andrew
HOWLAND Julius Hagbart
HYDE James
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ISSITT Edward
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JACKSON Charles
JAHUKE Ernest William Henry
JAMES Richard Theodore
JANSEN Oscar
JAUNCEY Sieur Jacques
JEFFREY Thomas R
JENSEN Karl
JENSEN Soren August ?
JEROME John James
JOHNSTON Charles
JOHNSTON Marcus
JOHNSTON Robert
JOHNSTON Thomas
JOLLIFFE Lewis
JOLLIFFE Lewis
JONES David Evan
JONES Harry Samuel
JONES Robert William
JONES William T M
JOY John
JUST Otto Theodore
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KAIN Charles
KAVANAGH .. (Mr; Irishman)
KEALY Michael
KELLY Frank
KELLY James Joseph
KENNY Alice Martha
KENT Edward (Ned or Paddy)
KERRIGAN John (or John Francis)
KILCULLEN John
KINLEAVY John
KIRK John Leo
KLIMPTZ Alfred
KNIGHT Edward
KUNDER John Heinrich
KYNDER John (see KUNDER John Heinrich)
KYTE Susan
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LACY Albert
LAINSON George
LANDY Herbert Bowring
LANTRY William John
LARKINS Mary
LAURIE Robert
LAWSON Charles
LE PLASTRIER Herbert Septimus
LE VAUX Charles Wilton
LEAN Malcolm Harvey
LEDGERWOOD John
LEE Herbert Septimus
LEWIS William
LIBERY Austin
LIGHT Clara Kathleen
LINDSAY Alexander
LINDSAY William
LINEHAN Martin (see LINEHAN Mort)
LINEHAN Mort (or Martin)
LITTLE Robert
LOCKE Francis
LONG Josephine ?
LUDGATER Frederick
LUNNY Christopher
LYNCH John
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McCAFFERY Alice
McCALLUM Alexander
McCALLUM Charles
McCARTHY John George
McCARTHY Mary
McCLEAN Alexander John
McCOLL John
McCORKELL W J
McCRACKEN James Owen
McDONALD Henry (wife's initials E.H.; was in NZ)
McDOUGALL Dugaldgrame
McERLEAN Bernard
McEWAN George
McGUIRE John
McGUIRE John
McKINNON Neil
McKONE Thomas
McLAUGHLIN Thomas
McLEAN Alexander John (see McCLEAN)
McLEAN John Humphrey
McLEAN John Robinson
McMAHON Terence
McMAHON William Anthony
McMANUS Frank
McMILLAN James
McNAMARA Catherine (nee DILLON)
McNICOL George Edgar
McRAE George
McRAE George
McROBERTS Gordon
McTAGGART Malcolm
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MACDONALD George (brother-in-law of G.C. KING)
MACDONALD William (b. c1880s)
MACKAY James
MACKIE William Donald (an American)
MADDEN William Francis
MADSEN Ludvey Henry
MAHER Joseph
MAHONEY Terence
MAKEN John
MALAM Harold George Hardy
MARMION William Preston
MARTIN Frederick
MARTIN John (occupation: carpenter)
MARTINI Joseph Guiseppe
MASTERS Walter Henry
MATTERS Richard Thomas
MATTERS William John
MAYHEW Harry
MEARS Ernest Albert
METCALF Benjamin
MICHAEL Alexander
MILLAR John
MILLER Herbert
MILLER Horace
MILWAY James
MINGE Thelma Grace
MITCHELL Wallace
MOFFATT Thomas
MONDY James
MONTEITH James
MOONEY Thomas
MOOR James
MOORE .. (occupation: builder; related to Edward MOORE)
MOORE George Mortin Tennyson
MOORE James
MOORE William
MORGAN William
MORRIS Eliza
MORRIS Henry
MORRIS Vincent Thomas
MORRISON Daniel
MORRISON Harry
MORRISSY Daniel
MOUNE John
MOWAN Bridget
MOWEN Thomas Joseph
MUIR Adie
MURPHY Jack (son of John MURPHY)
MURPHY James Samuel
MURRAY .. (Mrs; wife of James)
MURRAY James
MYERS Charles
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NASH Edward
NEIDLER Annatte
NEILSEN Jens
NEILSEN Lurits
NICOLSON Charles William Balgone
NORTON Edward
NUGENT William
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OBRIEN Frank (b.c1840s)
OBRIEN Thomas (b. Ireland; husband of Annie)
OBRIEN William Henry
OCONNOR Adie
OCONNOR Bernard
OGILVIE Christopher
OGLE John Richard
OGLE Thomas Henry
OLOUGHLIN Larry
OSULLIVAN Mary
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Names beginning with:  A - G  (or no surname)    H - O    P - Z

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