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From: "Jon" <>
Subject: Re: SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX ZIP CODES
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 07:41:58 -0800


96xxx is North Eastern California, Alturas, Modoc County is 96101. John
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From: Larry Kuttner <>
To: <>
Date: Sunday, January 17, 1999 12:08 AM
Subject: SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX ZIP CODES

>Quite often a lookup in the Social Security Death Index
>will result in a final residence or death benefit ZIP code
>location that will tend to tell the researcher where the
>person was living when death occurred. Some times the
>record will show the name of the location and some times
>it will just show the ZIP code without a city location.
>
>We have a NORCALLER who is a retired postal employee
>who would know more about this than I do, but it appears
>that for a final residence or death benefit ZIP to be in CA
>it MUST be something like 91xxx to 95xxx. I was unable
>to find out if 96xxx is being used. 97xxx is Oregon and
>98xxx is Washington.
>
>If the ZIP code starts with the numbers 1-8 it can not be
>a CA zip code.
>
>If only the ZIP code is given, one can go to the following
>URL for a location.
>
> http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/
>
>If the source of the information for the request includes a
>SSDI lookup, it would help others to know this fact and
>what information the SSDI shows.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>
>
>Lawrence E. "Larry" KUTTNER of Oregon
>(He who muddies the waters)
>Larry Kuttner <>
>
>RESEARCHING:
> KUTTNER [CA, NY, Prussia]
> BELLAH/BALLAGH [CA, AR, SC, VI, Ireland]
> GIBSON [CA, AR, TN]
> NEWCOMB [CA, CT, NY, ME, MA, England]
> REYMANN [CA, NM, TX, Alsace]
> SHADDUCK/SHATTUCK [CA, MO, IA, OH, NY, England]
> SHARROCK [CA, TX, IL, OH, NY, England]
>

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