> From: fsuedu@hotmail.com (fsuedu) > > i ran across information in an obituary for an individual which > stated that the person's father was deceased. the father's full > name was printed in the obituary, so i check the ss death > index.....every way i tried, no matter what combination, the > individual's father didn't pop up on the index. It is my understanding that many/most individuals who died before a certain date (can't remember the date, but think it was early 1960s) are not shown on the automated index. For instance, my grandfather who died in 1958 is not listed although he was receiving SS payments when he died. I believe you can have SS Administration look up the individual for a fee. When they do the search and find the records, you get more data than what is shown on the automated index. Ron Edmond, OK ron48@aol.common (Ron Recer)