This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/He.2ADI/172.1 Message Board Post: Michelle, Have you tried the Social Security Death Index? Go to Rootsweb.com. Click on Social Security Death Index. Put in your grandfather's name and see if it will come up. You might leave out his middle name. Anna