Searching for US deaths (using given name - not surname) http://ssdmf.info/ The Social Security Deaths Index in the US is one of the few nationwide resources, so it is much used by genealogists (the fact that it's available free at the Family Search site is a bonus). There are over 90 million deaths recorded, covering the period 1962-2011, so there's a good chance of finding relatives who emigrated to the US in the 20th century, and a somewhat smaller chance of finding anyone who emigrated in the late 19th century. Of course, female relatives may have married (and therefore changed their name) after arrival in the US, and other migrants may have changed the spelling of their names - so wouldn't it be useful if you could search by birthdate? Neither the new nor the old FamilySearch site offers this facility, and whilst you can search on birthdates at Ancestry, UK members would need a Worldwide subscription to see the full results. The results are sorted by forename rather than surname, which makes it easier to find the entry for someone whose surname you don't know.