Betty, Look at the Social Security Death Index on Genealogybank.com.  It is a free part of Genealogybank.  I searched on first name: Elizabeth and Betty birth between 1935 - 1940 death 2002 Santa Clara County, California.  (I think Palo Alto is Santa Clara Co.)  There were 4 Elizabeths and 6 Bettys.  As a subscriber to Genealogybank, it asked me if I wanted to see the California obituaries for the surnames.  Owens, Thomas and Johnson all had too many obituaries to check, but that was all of the obituaries they have for California for those surnames.  It included all years. Nancy in Louisiana ________________________________ From: Betty Loose <betty@unisette.com> To: norcal@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, February 19, 2010 9:47:50 AM Subject: [NORCAL] Possible help with Crouch I have a friend who is starting to get interested in his family  history. Unfortunately his father died before he was born, he was  raised by an Aunt and Uncle and has been basically alienated from his  family. He cannot even get me back to 1930 so I suggested we start with dct  and/or obits. We found his father on the SSN so that is at least one  starting point. What I need help with is finding his mother. He does not know her name  at the time of her death. His mother was born Betty Sue Lewellyn (sp)I am guessing 1935-1940 -  possibly in New York. She married second a man by the name of Roland (surname). She married a third time unknown. This third marriage was most likely  in California. Betty Sue died in 2002 most likely in Palo Alto CA. Is there a way to find her third marriage with so little to go on? Is  there a way to find her death date with no surname? Any help appreciated. Betty ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message