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From: "Pat" <>
Subject: [GM] Re: Coal Miners
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 07:02:04 -0800
References: <200301021505.h02F56J09934@askin-17.linkpendium.com>


> > My grandfather was a coal miner in West Virginia who died of "black
> > lung" in 1947. I have a social security number for him, but have
> > found nothing in the social security death index. Are there records
> > specific to coal miners I should be searching?
> >
> > Micki Van Dyke <>
>
> Don't give up. My great uncle had a SSN, but is not in the SSDI,
> either. He was a WWI veteran, and died in the VA Hospital in
> Atlanta. You can still make an application to the Social Security
> Administration to receive his original application, especially if
> you have his SSN.
>
> "Kit McChesney" <>


Send your check for $27 and a stamped, self-addressed envelope to:

Social Security Administration
Office of Earnings Operations
FOIA Workgroup
300 N. Greene Street
P.O. Box 33022
Baltimore MD 21290

Include individuals name, social security #, plus the date and
address at time of death if you know them. You should get your
reply in about 3 weeks. The application form will have the name of
the applicant, the name of applicant's parents, applicant's date of
birth and birthplace. Earlier applications (1937, etc.) will also
include name and address of current employer.

"Pat" <>

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