This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HNR.2ACEB/1260.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Lorri - You have your mother's name - check out the death listings - we have the Social Security as a rather master list. If her name comes up there and it's like ours it will give the place where she died. Contact the court house and see if you can get a copy of the death certificate. It should have her date and place of birth and parents name. At least they do in the US. Good Hunting - Sherry