That would be a posibilty, but I highly doubt that, would you pay 3 years in a row, or 3 years in advance for some domains that you are not using/gonna use? Let's say I would buy a domain, if I'm not using it I wouldn't extend for the second year.
Another thought, go to archive dot org and put the URLs in there, see if they have some info on those. Small chances, but what the hell