When my mom passed away a number of years back, I did a search on both her and my dad's names (who had predeceased her). My dad was pretty organized about 'important papers' and the like - I figured he'd have had it all covered. Turned out my mom had an old life insurance policy under her maiden name that we never ran across, taken out when she was very young and first out on her own. I had to produce some documentation which linked her to that name and the address shown on the policy when it was taken out, etc. And if I'm not mistaken, the state of OH paid a nominal amount of interest on the amount as well dating back to when the funds were turned over to them by the insurance company.
Even though the amount of the policy was only something like $500, it was quite an interesting discovery and process!
Bill
