If I understand what you are saying, that is incorrect. Both my parents and inlaws are in the index...with data..Usually the funeral home notifies SS of the death and it goes from there. Anyone who receives SS will eventually be on the index whether or not there is a spouse or underage or handicapped child to draw on it. Judie On Sep 16, 2006, at 11:44 AM, Pat Crimmel wrote: > Concerning the no information on your son in the Social Security Death > Index, I believe someone has to draw on the deceased Social > Security in > order to have any information in the Death Index. > > Pat > ************************** > Visit SFGenealogy.com! > http://www.sfgenealogy.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASANFRA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message