I haven't had the problem but this is a guess. My mother, 90, has a SSN. But she worked less than 10 years and is collecting on my father's SS pension. I wonder if when she dies she will not show up for that reason? You could call the SS 800 number and ask why. Good luck though. Don't call MT, and be prepared to sit on the phone all day getting busy signals or waiting on infinite hold. Or if there's a SS office near you, go sit all day, getting there when they open. Somebody has to send the data to SS. I think it's the funeral home. So if they don't do it in a timely fashion, it doesn't get to SS in a timely fashion. And though the sites say its up to date through 2004 don't believe it. Sorry if all this sounds cynical. But we're dealing with a government bureacracy here. Doris Waggoner Seattle -- Jeannabee@aol.com wrote: Yes, I have had the problem. Soc sec index does not have one of my parents, nor one of my grandparents. Yet I was there when they died so I know should be there. Jeannie fron OR In a message dated 5/30/2005 11:49:24 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, mamahop@pioneer-net.com writes: I wanted a obit look up and got the death date from the So Sec death index and the lady lived in the same town as where the So Sec death index said she died and the lady couldn't find anything....why does death index say something and then no one can find anything...this has happened twice. Also So Sec death index says its up to date though 2004 and I know someone died in 1990 and I have the So Sec number but its not there and I know he died in 1990 as I was married to him.. anyone know why the So Sec death index say's one thing and then you can't find the information. Anyone else have this problem. ==== IL-OBITS Mailing List ==== <a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/volil.html">Illinois Lookup Web Page</a> ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx