> > since i don't have a date of death or the location of the presumed > > death of the father, only the name, is there anywhere else to look? > > Perhaps he was born in the mid-19th century and too old to be > eligible for Social Security. > > Sandra <SGordon817@aol.com> His child was born in 1978 (the child died and her info is on the ssdi). The information i have on him is from the child's obituary of 2002. That's one of the reasons it seemed so strange. The mother was born in 1961.