Richard A. Pence wrote: <snip> > Only these four conditions must exist for a name to be on the list: > > 1. The person is dead. > 2. The person had a SS number. > 3. Someone reported the death to SSA. > 4. The SSA entered the information > in its database (correctly). Condition 3 makes Condition 1 unnecessary. :-) Regards, Charles Sullivan Charles Sullivan <cwsulliv@triad.rr.com>