If you've been following this thread and checked the websites, you'll see that either the family or the funeral home can file the info with the SS Dept. In fact, with some search engines for SSDI, it sometimes tells you whether the info came from a funeral home or was proven by a family member. Not for all individuals, but for some. Doris Waggoner Seattle -- "Errol Cross" <ecross@cypressmail.net> wrote: That is not true. All four of our parents are dead. We never requested benefits from Social Security in any form. All of our parents show on the SS Index with the correct dates and locations. It may be the funeral home that notifies the SS Department. We suspect that the problem has to do with the filing of death process, rather than with anything else. Errol and Valerie Cross Our Home Page "They were all Hero's" -----Original Message----- From: Mike Conners [mailto:conners1@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 8:47 PM To: IL-OBITS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IL-OBITS] RE: So Sec death index Social Security will only show if someone has collected a death benifit....otherwise it will not show for any other reason..... ==== IL-OBITS Mailing List ==== http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/volil.html ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx ==== IL-OBITS Mailing List ==== http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/volil.html ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx