Hi Liz, Great question! I'm in a similar situation with my husband's father's second wife. I have no idea how to locate her if she is indeed alive regarding a cemetery plot. Let me know what you find out... Wendy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Martinez-Gibson Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 8:58 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [NYQUEENS] 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