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.

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.