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Subject: [LMK] Social Security
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 15:37:36 EST

Patrick and all:

To answer your questions regarding working with the Social Security death
indexes, about the best we could say under most circumstances is that you must
decide if the search is worth the cost, with no reasonable guarantee that the
info you get back is your guy.

To answer Patricks specific questions, Pat, I would probably go with the
March 14 entry for exactly the reason the other poster specified--it's the same
date, albeit a different year. People might not know their age or even their
specific birth date, but they generally knew if they were born in the spring,
summer, winter or fall. So, while the year on the other guy is correct, the
season is way out, not matching the rule of thumb that people more often knew
what season they were born in, as opposed to what year they were born in. They
could tell you if they were old enough to do something, but not necessarily how
old they were. Additionally, Patrick, look at where those 2 men were
receiving benefits, one in NJ and one in Illinois. NJ is right next to where the
rest of your family is found, Illinois is not.

Now, I can tell you that the Michael Enright who says he was born in Oct.
1886 in the SSDI was a retired priest. He indicates in 1930 that he came to the
US in 1910. And in 1930, he was in exactly the place that he was in when he
died in 1974, Greene Co., Illinois. On the other hand, the Michael Enright who
matched the birht month and day, I can't find in NJ in 1930. Next, I can
tell you the Michael who came in 1910, and died in Illinois, came directly from
Ireland to Illinois, and was sponsored in by the Right Rev. James Ryan, Bishop,
and further, this Michael Enright indicates he was from Listowel, and that
his father is James Enright and he lives on Church St in Listowel. So, as of
now, you don't want to bother ordering up the record for the guy who says he was
born in 1886.

Cindy

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