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/

Have you searched out her siblings? Sometimes obits will mention surviving siblings and such..................Did they not marry or have kids? ----- 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: [NYC-ROOTS] 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 >

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

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

One remote possibility is: Bertha E. Heine, born 23 Oct. 1908, died 23 Oct. 1997, residence 61252, Fulton, Whiteside, IL. SSN issued in NJ before 1951. Steve, NY -----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]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Nov 26, 2009 8:58 am 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

Thanks Steve. My grandmother's birth date was July 28, 1908. Is it possible that it would be incorrect on the SSDI? Liz > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:38:15 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NYQUEENS] Statute of Limitations for declaring someone dead. > > > One remote possibility is: > > Bertha E. Heine, born 23 Oct. 1908, died 23 Oct. 1997, residence 61252, Fulton, Whiteside, IL. SSN issued in NJ before 1951. > > Steve, NY > > > > > > -----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]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Nov 26, 2009 8:58 am > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: I wanted simpler, now it's simpler. I'm a rock star. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?h=myidea?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_myidea:112009