Hi All,   This is very interesting and certainly pertains to genealogy.  I have a person who is missing since 1978.  She would only be 56/57 years old today.  She was married in California and no one has heard of her since.  She may be divorced and remarried.  She can't be found by either maiden or married name.  Her husband also seems to be impossible to find as well, so we can't ask him.    One person showed up in the SSDI with her first name and exact birth date.  But this means nothing.  She's still a young woman and the likelihood is she's still alive somewhere, using a different surname.   Can she be declared dead?  What if she's not, and is declared dead? Kevin, do you know the Statute of Limitations in California?   Barbara Kiersh Jacksonville, FL   --- On Sun, 11/29/09, Kevin Patrick Flood <[email protected]> wrote: From: Kevin Patrick Flood <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BKLYN] Statute of Limitations for declaring someone dead. To: "'Bill Pfeifer'" <[email protected]>, "'Elizabeth Martinez-Gibson'" <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Date: Sunday, November 29, 2009, 2:37 PM In New York the period is unexplained absence for 3 years, Estate Powers and Trust Law, section 2-1.7.  However if there is real estate it could be 25 years if there's a possibility of unknown heirs. Florida has a 5 year unexplained absence rule. Florida Statutes section 731.103. The rule is usually that you must show due diligence in your search for the person. Hope this helps May those that love us, love us; and those that don't love us, may God turn their hearts, and if He doesn't turn their hearts, may He turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limp. Irish Prayer "Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat."- Alex Levine. Kevin Patrick Flood, Esq. Jacksonville, FL & New York City 904-380-6758 212-699-0730 Cell: 904-874-7838 Fax: 800-728-9619 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Pfeifer Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:50 PM To: Elizabeth Martinez-Gibson; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [BKLYN] Statute of Limitations for declaring someone dead. You can search the SSDI by birth date only and to narrow it further, by first name. Just in case she did die. I did it via ancestry.com and found 450 hits; 29 who died in Florida. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Martinez-Gibson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 8:58 AM Subject: [BKLYN] Statute of Limitations for declaring someone dead. > > Hi Everyone. Happy Thanksgiving. This is a little off the typical topics, > but I promise it is related to genealogy. > > > > I have been searching for documents for my grandmother for quite some time > now. She seems to have vanished...here's my information: > > > > Bertha Eliza Dewar b. in the Bronx Jul 1908. I have her bc. Last year I > found out that she married John McSherry in 1927. I have the mc. In 1928, > she married John F. Heine (my grandfather). I have the mc. My grandfather > and grandmother were divorced in FL. in 1953. I have the divorce papers. > AFter that, I have some letters that she exchanged with her oldest son who > served in the Korean War, but after 1955, she disappeared...no one heard > from her again and I and my siblings are the only family members left. I > have been trying to find her by using her maiden name and married name. I > suspect she remarried after her divorce in 1953, since she would only have > been 45 yrs. old. The problem is I have searched SSDI index and Florida > records, the internet, whitepages and found nothing. If she were alive > today, she would be 101. Do you have any other suggestions? It is > important that I either find her, her death certificate or have her > declared dead. My questions are: does anyone know! >  what the statute of limitations are before you can legally declare > someone dead? Does anyone know what needs to be done to do this. > > Thank you for any advice/suggestions you may be able to give me. > > > > Liz > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message