Hi all: Updates of the social security death index seem to be an extremely non-linear process. That's a bold statement, so I'll offer a small degree of justification for the claim ... A distant cousin of mine passed away in Wisconsin Rapids, Wood Co., Wis. in early March, 2003. Individual: Leondo Franz Birth: Feb. 09, 1917 Death: March 01, 2003 SSN: 394-26-2568 (issued in Wisconsin) My father died in Stevens Point, Portage Co., Wisconsin in early April, 2003. Individual: Herbert A. Kippenhan Birth: March 23, 1918 Death: April 06, 2003 SSN: 398-10-8211 (issued in Wisconsin) Leondo's social security death index info. has been available since sometime in late April. The info. for my father wasn't available until late last week. The real question in this is *why* it took twice as long for his information to appear as it did for the info. about Leondo Franz. The two cities are no more than 35 miles apart and are handled by the same Social Security offices. It sure makes one wonder what the work flow is like at that place. I have another test case in the works - both natives of Wisconsin. Dorothy (nee Vollrath) Irvine - d: June 28, 2003 Price Davis - d: July 10, 2003 We'll see if the same sort of skew in SSDI updates occurs again. Best regards H.A. ("Kipp") Kippenhan, Jr. _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail