At www.worldvitalrecords.com, the free SSDI database is updated regularly, and every zip code for a deceased person's last residence is geo-coded to a detailed map of the area (and may pinpoint the location of any cemeteries nearby). Even though World Vital Records is a subscription website, the SSDI is free: World Vital Records - SSDI database is FREE at: http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=ssdiall The above information is from: "ONLINE RESOURCES for Finding Living Relatives, Part I: Introduction," by William Dollarhide, published in Genealogy Pointers (10/16/07), a newsletter. Paula Kelley Ward chachalady@sbcglobal.net "I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again." - William Penn