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Like, do they ask for a phone number or something to prove your connection to the state if you are not a resident and have family/friends there? what if you had a family member who lived there but moved, or had a family friend who lived there and has since passed?
I've seen it happen that notarized affidavits were required by other persons. But this is unusual.
 
not a lie, just worried since people do not live there anymore/have passed and have zero idea how to verify that if asked
You can mention that they USED to live there. That's basically as far as you can go. You can't say that they live there now if they don't.

edit- even though they don't currently live there, it still shows a connection to the state (f you put that they used to live there).