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[FoiledFencer]

I'm reclaiming a fort after a massive goblin siege took it out, and one of the starting seven of the original embark has killed 2 children and a craftsdwarf so far. Now, he's not the only ghost as there are still loads of bodies that have no coffins yet (original population was about 120) but since he's an original I tried to engrave a slab for him. Trouble is, his name doesn't show on the list. A coffin had his name on it, but nothing inside it. I tried deconstructing it and redesignating it, but the name still isn't showing.

Am I doomed to be haunted by a Ghostly Wrestler as an eternal reminder of fun times?

[Quietust]

It's a known bug - when you reclaim a fortress, you can't engrave slabs for the previous residents, even when they decide to come back as ghosts.
If you want to get rid of the ghost, you'll need to hack it away using Runesmith.

[FoiledFencer]

But there is the option of engraving a slab for the 6 others... 

Just my luck for naming that bastard Hurin.

[thatkid]

Pretty sure your military can target ghosts with kill orders

You could try that, though I'm not sure what the result will be.

[Sphalerite]

Build a butcher's shop next to where the ghost hangs out.  Keep your dwarves all slightly pissed off.  Hope that one of them gets a fell mood and decides to use the ghost as raw material.  Yes, fell moods can kill ghosts.  Admittedly, it's a long shot with low chances of success.

[TantrumTime]

Build a butcher's shop next to where the ghost hangs out.  Keep your dwarves all slightly pissed off.  Hope that one of them gets a fell mood and decides to use the ghost as raw material.  Yes, fell moods can kill ghosts.  Admittedly, it's a long shot with low chances of success.

Even if you do kill the ghost this way, the fell dwarf will fail his mood. Ghosts unfortunately will not yield anything to make an artifact with