This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/pBC.2ACE/4360.1.1 Message Board Post: To remind the listers, about a year ago the State Coordinator of WAGenWeb posted a message saying that Ancestry's death index, which purports to cover 1940-1996, is missing records. He stated that a quarter million deaths for the years 1955-1964 are missing and surnames beginning with O, P, and Q are missing from 1965 - 1996. So it is sometimes necessary to look at the actual microfilms of the death index, which are available through your local LDS Family History Center.