Thanks Christie...I really appreciate your advice! Rosie MIOAKLAN-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: 1. Order the death certificate 2. Check all local papers for Oakland County for obituaries if you know specific area of Oakland County, that would help, but it will probably be somewhere near the place of death unless he died in an auto accident or something like this away from his normal home town. 3. Check the Social Security Death Index on line to see where, if any social security benefits might have been paid. Christie Trapp