This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CY.2ADI/239.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you Mary, I am new at this and wasn't very clear about what I need. I was looking for the obituary so I could look for the names of surviving relatives...perhaps where buried, funeral director...any of these would provide some clues. Birth certificate not needed. Have the SS death record...not enough information. M. Smythe