This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rich, Garrett Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2RB.2ACE/8326.3 Message Board Post: If you go to www.rootsweb.com, look at the left side of the main page and you will see the social security death index search utility. This will list people who died from about 1961 and beyond who also qualified for social security. A search for Gladys Rich born 1894 did display one record. She died Oct. 1972 with last known residence Pelham, NY which is Weschester county. There is a link you can click on to request more info from social security for a fee. I'm not sure what the fee is but I belive it's about $20. This would assume she never married! I also searched 1896 (no hits) and 1895 (got a hit for a Gladys Rich in Penn.). Your query title was vague - note that I put her name in this response. You would expect Gladys to show up as a 6 year old or four year old on the 1900 census. Your closest public library may have high speed internet access and a subscription to ancestry.com or heritagequest.com. Ask at the library. If they have it (or know some other nearby library that has it) you can browse census images for the family. Some censuses are indexed by these subscription services but most are not. You can also visit your nearest LDS family history center and request census records on microfilm. Visit www.familysearch.org for more info. You would expect to see her as a dependent child in 1900 and 1910 but probably not 1920. If the family did not move around much you may find some good info. If you are pretty confident she was born in Canton or Watertown (they are in different counties and about 50 miles apart) you can contact the town clerk in each town about copies of a birth certificate. If you can locate obits for her parents, they might list her married name (if she married). Go to this site: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/ for info on old NY newspapers on microfilm available via interlibrary loan. In fact, you could research old papers for a birth announcement for her. That time period is well covered in both towns. If you have never researched old papers, it's a blast - you see all the old editorials, advertisements, classifieds, etc. Hope this helps - Russ Sprague Kensington, Maryland