"Here, see," she said and pointed to his name, written halfway down a page near the front of the book, amongst other names, many of which were crossed through with a single horizontal line of ink.  


[i]
[s]Baruch Ahearn[/s]
Myra Alden  N9
[s]Zev Alhberg[/s]
[s]Lila Anker[/s]
[s]Ralph Anker[/s]
[s]Nathaniel Appleton[/s]
Arnold Ardalans  E12
[s]Mia Ardalans[/s]
Grover Arkwright W8
Ellis Årud E31
[s]Lance Atterberry[/s]
Charlie Axland  S29
Loretta Azarola W25
[s]Rivka Baardsson[/s]
Terrance Babcock N11
[s]Noah Bager[/s]
[s]Jared Banks[/s]
Marc Bello E6
Rhys Bello E4
Efraim Bentson  S20
[s]Cassidy Bergfaulk[/s]
Arthur Blom W18
[/i]

"A registry of some sort, perhaps?" she wondered.