Privacy concerns recently caused the shutdown of a popular US recent deaths database. FindUSA is no longer on line on the Internet except to institutional subscribers. Other databases still operating are: www.1800ussearch.com www.LocateAmerica.com www.Intelius.com www.ZabaSearch.com www.peoplefinders.com www.usa-people-search.com And the rootsweb SSDI database at: http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi The SSDI database at Rootsweb is free and has the names of all persons who had Social Security and who have died. It will not list anly one who did not participate in Social Security. ZabaSearch is a free search of living persons. If you click on one of the results in a search results list it shows you all of the search engines it uses. Some of the other URLs work only by subscription. Because of some of the rumored privacy concerns in various states it may be a good idea to do your searching of these on line databases soo -- while they are still available. Even though the data they publish is a matter of public record they may face shutdown on a state by state basis in the future. Karen Karen