I am on a hunt to find out who my father is and how he died can someone please t

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I am on a hunt to find out who my father is and how he died can someone please tell me were i can start?

i am trying to find out info on my father and i keep coming up with nothing i used the social security death records search and that is how i got his name but i cant find anything else . i know i belong to a family out there and i really need help trying to find them so if there is anything anything anyone can help me with i will be forever greatful

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Unless they have changed things, if you were able to get his name through the SS death records than it should also have told you the last place a check was sent and the date of his death. Did you get this information?

If so, you start there. If it gave you a location then you contact that areas local health department and see who keeps death certificates on file. The death certificate *should* contain the cause of death, date of death, which funeral home the body was turned over to. The person who "claimed" the body, usually next of kin, and it also should have one or both of the parents listed. They usually also contain what the occupation of the deceased was and their home address.

If you are successful with the death certificate and can get a date of death then you contact the local library and see if they keep obituaries on file. If they do then you should start your search for an obituary for the day *after* the date of death and search for up to a month after that.

Also if you can locate the cemetery the individual was buried in, cemetery records usually contain a wealth of information.

These are all methods I have used and have had great success.

Good Luck....