Some of those close to those who died found the inquiry traumatic. It was disturbing for example to learn that men had been in a lifeboat and that a supply ship was beside that boat when it capsized. It was more disturbing to learn that those involved in controlling the rig`s ballast had not even read the operating manual and that when the automatic systems failed they might have saved Ocean Ranger had they been properly trained.
You can read my entire review of Ocean Ranger on disasterforum.ca the Cape Breton disaster song web site. It was done as part of a study of Canadian mass death incidents. There are no sources except for published documents because when doing research we guarantee all sources anonymity.

The following is an excerpt from that research:

Because of some firms' poor records, in some cases all there was to work with was a list of names and a few addresses:

With this incomplete list the church representatives tried to determine from the surname what would most likely be the religious affiliation of each person. The historic settlement patterns of the original settlers, principally England, Ireland and Scotland, and relative isolation of Newfoundland communities enables one to link a surname with a religion fairly accurately, and often with a region.

Within a couple of hours, each name had been assigned to one of five categories: Roman Catholic, Anglican, United Church, non-residents and 'other', the latter being the responsibility of the Salvation Army representative.[viii]

One of the things that astounded me was that they had the names but I don't know why they didn't have the homes of these people. A bunch of emergency clergy – they have a call out – Roman Catholic, Anglican, United, Presbyterian – and I was astounded. I will never forget how these men would hear the names and tell the community they came from and I don't think they were ever wrong and it was amazing. They really helped out down there and I learned at a young age how important it is to have the right people around you.[1]