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From: JOHN RICHARD EIB <>
Subject: Re: SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:49:56 -0600


Larry,
good theary but I am going to throw you a curve . My ssan also starts
552 and was issued in Ca. but I got mine arround 1972 I think I was in
the 5th grade any way and I was born in 1961. just needed to make the
watter alittle muddier,
Margie
Larry Kuttner wrote:
>
> Recently, there has been a very strange noise in NORCAL land.
>
> Not too worry, it's not an upcoming earthquake or tidal wave, just
> I've been thinking as a result of the recent posting of the SS#
> assignment list.
>
> In the SSDI, there may or may not be information on where the
> person was receiving benefits, but there is almost always the
> state in which the decedent was living when the SS# was issued
> and in some cases the date.
>
> My thought is that possibly (and only possibly) the location is
> generated by computer from the first three digits of the SS#.
> Additionally if ALL the numbers for the first three digits were
> used prior to a certain date then a # with those 3 digits would
> show "issued in [state name] prior to [year].
>
> It might be interesting to see if sufficient information could be
> obtained so that one could modify the 3 digit number code list
> to show when the latest date that such a number could be listed.
>
> My dad's # is 552 and it says that it was issued in CA before 1951.
>
> >From that I would assume that ALL #552 numbers were issued in
> CA prior to 1951.
>
> Interesting point, but is it worth the effort.
>
> 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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