"bob gillis" <rpgillis@bellatlantic.net> wrote: > > Unfortunately, in the last five years, five of our close family > > members have died in GA, MD, NY and PA. Each undertaker in each > > state did indeed forward death notice to SS. The specific SS branch > > is unknown to us. > > Are you saying that these five people are not in the SSDI even > though the death certificate was sent to the SSA? Bob, I thought she said that unfortunately they lost some family / friends, but that their deaths were indeed reported to the SSA by the funeral homes, as is generally the case these days. If the names are not in the death master index, then there has been a major breakdown in the input process! Richard "Richard A. Pence" <richardpence@pipeline.com>