I joined the list over 3 years ago in my quest to obtain information on my uncle's marriage in San Francisco. He died in 1939 in Oregon which I believe is where he went shortly after his wife died. They had a daughter that I've been trying to locate but I've need his wife’s maiden name, so I could. Sadly his daughter could never receive any SSI since uncle Vic was never listed on the death records for Social Security, in fact she doesn’t even know he died. My grandfather was next of kin and wasn't the nicest person, that's why all of his children left TN. In fact when my grandmother died he never had a cemetery marker placed on her grave [don’t think he paid for her funeral]. I was very young and remember when gramps died and my dad & uncles where all over the cemetery trying to locate her grave. Gramps received a letter from the funeral home in Oregon [I have the papers from the funeral home] that's how the family knew my uncle died in Oregon. But gramps didn’t want to be responsible for the funeral bills so he never replied. It doesn’t surprise me since he didn’t pay for the funerals of 2 of his other wives or another son who died. Since he was next of kin he was the one to notify Social Security and apply for any benefits and etc. Since Social Security was never informed of Uncle Vic’s death, there is no record. The funeral home back then could not notify the Social Security administration and the state of Oregon didn’t either. Patti