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/IGB.2ACI/174.1 Message Board Post: The social Security Death Index shows a Dorothy E. Mida born in 1908, died 21 Jan. 1993. http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm If you are looking for her maiden name, her death record should have it if the informant knew it. Cost is $15.00 from the State of Michigan. Social Security Application which she herself would have filled out would also have her maiden name, parents' names, birthplace, etc but they raised their fees to either 27.00 or 29.00 for a copy of the application. If you have the name of the funeral home, I would write them to see if they have the information on her maiden name and included a SASE. I have found funeral homes to be very good at helping with information about the deceased. Hope this helps.