Extending ungrounded circuit

[Bob NH]

I still have one unanswered question, if you could help. I don't expect anyone to know why, but maybe you have run into this before. When installing the new breaker for the bath, I checked the circuit for the living room, and it does have a ground wire, but none of the receptacles do. Could it be possible that they just weren't used, maybe cut off at the first fixture?

It is possible that the ground wire was terminated at a ground in a metal box. If it is properly terminated, and the devices are grounded with a grounding clip, then they could be code-compliant. Also, if the box is properly grounded, the ground can be extended and the device in the box can be connected to the box with a pigtail.