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Ancestry/Genealogy

cbreezen

(694 posts) Mon Feb 26, 2018, 09:59 PM Feb 2018

My brother-in-law died on Christmas Day, 2009. [View all]

I was informed by my family that his children received Social Security death benefits. Why would his death information not show up in the Social Security Death Index 3 years later?

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My brother-in-law died on Christmas Day, 2009. [View all] cbreezen Feb 2018 OP

I've been unable to few people I was looking for in the SS death index The Genealogist Feb 2018 #1

I know all of this info... cbreezen Feb 2018 #2

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2018 #3

Perhaps, but my niece and nephew are in their 20s... cbreezen Feb 2018 #4

Is there any chance his real first name radical noodle Feb 2018 #5

Nope. nt cbreezen Feb 2018 #6

I think they rely on the family to advise them if s death. secondwind Feb 2018 #7

If the kids were collecting Survivor's Benefits Social Security would know there had been a death. dflprincess Apr 2018 #8