In article <4ded9ab3$0$12504$8f2e0ebb@news.shared-secrets.com>, sharonf <me7@privacy.net> wrote: > On 6/5/2011 8:30 PM, Gerry wrote: > > In article<4dec466c$0$12502$8f2e0ebb@news.shared-secrets.com>, > > sharonf<me7@privacy.net> wrote: > > > >> Why would someone who had a social security number and is now deceased > >> not show up anywhere in the SS death index? > > > > They may be in the index but under another form of their name. You may > > know the person as James Richard Smith, but is listed in the index as > > J.R. Smith or just J. Smith or J. Richard Smith. When did the person > > die? If it was before mid 1960s those who died then are not in the > > index. If the death is recent it maybe no one has reported the death to > > Social Security, and if they have it takes time for the data to be > > entered and there is always delay in posting the database on the > > internet. > > I have searched under several different forms of the name. The person > died in 1992 so it really should be listed but it's not. Why not list the name of the person and any other particulars such as birthdate & place, residences, and death date and place so that other eyes can have a look.