This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Xgk.2ACEB/7565.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Have you tried sending off for a death certificate? If they were married in 1898 most likely by the time of their death there should have been a death certificate. If you don't know where they were living try the Social Security Death Index. Sometimes it will give you the date of birth (mo, day, yr) and the date of death (mo, day, yr), but not always. It will give the state of death. Once you get a date you can search the obituary notices to confirm you have the right person. Good luck.