Any FREE ways to find someone living or dead?

14 years ago

I heard at a recent reunion that an old friend of mine had passed away, but no one seemed to know any details. Since that time, I have tried to research online but can find no evidence of his death. A big problem is the fact that his last name is one of the most common names in the US and the first name isn't uncommon either. The social security death index has hundreds of thousands of people by his name. I do know his middle name and his date of birth and his spouse's name, several addresses and phone numbers. Everyplace I've looked, they say "Yes, we've found so and so" and then ask me for credit card info to go further. Is that information FREE anywhere??? Thanks!

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oldgardener_2009
14 years ago
Sometimes I can find an obituary by typing the person's name and state in the search box at legacy.com. Or type it in Google with the person's full name and the word "obituary" included in the search.
kfca37
14 years ago
Well if he's dead, the SS Death Index does have an Advanced Search where you can fill in exact birth date, plus some other details, which does somewhat narrow a name search.
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redcurls
Original Author
14 years ago
I did the advance search for Social Security, but there were over 900,000 results with the name of Jones and even with the additional info, the results had poor results like including a John Jones, when I requested William Jones and the birthdates weren't right either. No luck with google either.
marie_ndcal
14 years ago
If you know the city, and the death was fairly recent, you can go to the funeral home site and look there.
sheesh
14 years ago
If you know where he lived, try newspaper archives for his obit.

What kind of info are you looking for?
redcurls
Original Author
14 years ago
No, don't know either of those...or even IF the person IS dead! Thanks for helping, tho. I appreciate it.
Lindsey_CA
14 years ago
It is important to bear in mind that the Social Security Death Index does not list everyone who has died, even if they had their own SSN. The SS Death Index only lists folks if a survivor has filed a claim for the Death Benefits that the SSA pays out.

RedCurls, send me an e-mail via My Page (be sure to put KT on the subject line) and give me what details you do have -- full name, date of birth, etc., and I'll see what I can find out. I have access to everything on Ancestry.com. In addition to the SS Death Index, many states have their own Death Index, and if it's available, I can search it.
gardenspice
14 years ago
Lindsey, I don't think that the death index only includes those who have claims against their SS. I have a relative who died with no spouse (ever) and no children and his name appears on the index.
redcurls
Original Author
14 years ago
Thank you so much..I appreciate any help I can get. And thank you! I sent you the info I have.
kfca37
14 years ago
Sometimes a funeral home will report a death to SS even though the deceased wasn't known to be receiving monthly benefits nor had any known person/survivor entitled to the $255 (or such) burial benefit---just to cover all the bases. Mostly though, these people don't show up on the Index.

The unfortunate story with State Birth & Death Indexes is they are usually woefully incomplete. As an example, California's hasn't been updated since something like 1998---which is 13 years ago, so if the person who died post that year doesn't show up on the SS Index, you have a problem.
alisande
14 years ago
Lindsay, Last week an elderly gentleman asked me to help him look for a women he knew when they were young--55 years ago! Fortunately, her name is unusual. If you don't mind, I'll send you what I have, too. Thanks in advance!

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