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From: Richard A. Pence< >
Subject: Re: Social Security Death Index
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 14:11:48 GMT


Eric and Kim <> wrote:

>> Ernest - A reminder: The SSDI does NOT give a place of death.

><snipped really good points>

>I just want to put in my 2 cents.......Richard made some excellent points
>regarding the SSDI....I want to remind everyone that if you cannot find
>the person you are looking for in a state you KNOW they died in....check
>other states. I was looking for an aunt that I KNEW lived in Michigan all
>of her life. I couldn't find her in the SSDI in Michigan, but did find
>her name listed in Florida......why?
>Because her DAUGHTER lived in Florida and was the power of attorney. My
>aunt was in a nursing home and the daughter recieved the check then paid
>the nursing home. What a mess!!

But, Kim, as I said, the SSDI does NOT give the place of death. Only
an "address of record." The person could die in France on vacation
and, as in your case, the address of record could be thousands of
miles from where the person actually lived and/or died.

The ZIPs in the SSDI tell you nothing - except possibly (1) where you
might find an obituary and (2), if there is a second ZIP given, a
possible place to look for descendants and/or heirs.

Therefor, the ZIPs have little bearing on doing a search and should
only be used to affirm other known info, not as a search criterion.
The best clue in identifying people on the SSDI is DOB.

Richard A. Pence <>
Pence Family History <http://www.pipeline.com/~richardpence/index.htm&g

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