FOIA question

[gennattasio]

Will they do a search without a death date or death certificate?

[peggymckee]

Yes, if the date of birth of the person in question is more than 100 years ago. I expect that without a death cert you'd probably have to provide some proof of birth date though I don't know this for a fact. Peg

[corrado]

It says they will accept a obit notice from the newspaper, also if you look at the social security web site you can get proof of death.

[gennattasio]

I have a copy of the birth announcement from Italy with the exact date of birth but as I posted before I cannot find a death cert and there is no ssdi record. Will they do the search with no death record?

[peggymckee]

If the date of birth is more than 100 years ago then Yes, otherwise no, unless you can give evidence that the person is dead.

BTW, how to do you s/he is dead, since you have no record? Peg

[gennattasio]

He was born in 1860. That's well over 100 years, thanks.