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Subject: Re: [NYALBANY] SSDI for death date/place
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 09:31:42 EDT

The Index also does not have everything. My son is in there. The transcriber
left the middle C out of Cherecwich so it took me awhile to find him. I know
the middle C was there on his application and on his card. His four children
are drawing on his SS but there is no indication of any benefits being paid.
My father collected SS for many years but again there is no indication of
his having collected any benefit.

I found one person last week whose date of death in the SSDI was four days
before the actual death, and I have found many who have a date several days
after the death. Some individuals have been found to have a one year difference
in the birth date.

I also find people who have changed their name somewhat ie: Corrinne Helen
on their birth record to Helen C. and others who just use an initial.

The SSDI is like the census - you need to be creative in your search. If the
person died after 1960, s/he ought to be in the SSDI if they participated in
any way in the SS system. By that time the funeral homes etc. were very good
about proper notification being sent in to SS. But, then again, when someone
was transcribing the record for the Index, maybe a piece of paper got skipped.

Lastly, errors are made through transcription, transposing of numbers, etc.
etc. The only definitive proof of death and the place is the death
certificate.

If the SS number is known, the last resort as it is expensive, is to send
for a copy of the SS record which would probably have the correct information
recorded on the document.

Ruth Cherecwich



In a message dated 9/17/2004 7:03:20 AM Mountain Standard Time,
writes:

I think this means he didn't draw any benefits
that is the only reason I can see for him not showing up

wrote:

>As you state it is a pointer.It usually gives the address for the last
>benefit payment.It usually gives at least the month and year of death and
sometimes
>the actual full date.It might be where the individual spent most of or
their
>whole life,or it might be where you retired for the last week,month,year or
>several years of life.But if there is an obit,it could be near the place of
the
>last benefit.With the estimated dates for death,I am surprised that it does
not
>show up in the index.

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