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From: "David E. Arnette" <>
Subject: Re: Bogus social security number on death certificate
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 10:33:41 -0600


This happened, leaving the letter off, to my paternal uncle. He was found
dead in the LA area, and the ONLY ways they could trace him were a
fingerprint and a ssn which gave my gm as the next of kin. This was in
1963. He isn't listed on SSDI. I am sure that the the funeral director
saw to it, they got paid something. Was cremated.

Carole Beth Arnette
San Antonio, TX USA

Searching England
FAIRCLOUGH, LEE, BURTWELL
HUGHES, Westmancote
Searching USA
HICKLIN, RAY- KY
ARNETTE-CA
JOHNSON-OK
CURNELL- KS, MO
CULVER-KS
-----Original Message-----
From: Del Huggins <>
To: <>
Date: Thursday, December 10, 1998 12:04 AM
Subject: Re: Bogus social security number on death certificate

|Pam and all:
|
|Quite often the SS# that is furnished to the funeral director for
inclusion
|in the Death Certificate, is that of the spouse, not the deceased. It is
|quite often the same with the exception of a letter, usually D or B at the
|end. Some funeral directors inadvertently leave this letter off. All this
|means is that the deceased did not have a social security account of her
|own and was drawing her benefits on her spouse's account. This is quite
|frequently the case when we are dealing with a deceased person who's
spouse
|preceded her in death.
|
|Sometimes the person suppling the information on the deceased is not aware
|of what the letter indicates and drops it when giving it to the funeral
|director. Then we may or may not find out if the SS Administration or
|Dept. of Vital Statistics calls us to inform us of the mistake.
|
|Just for your edification as an alternative reason for a wrong SS# on a
|death certificate.
|
|
|Del
|
|
|----------
|> From: BES <>
|> To:
|> Subject: Re: Bogus social security number on death certificate
|> Date: Wednesday, December 09, 1998 9:24 AM
|>
|> Pam,
|>
|> The SS # you found on the Death certificate may one of her brothers
|or
|> sisters? or the person who filled out the Death certificate.
|>
|> Here is a site that you can look up surnames from the SSDI.
|> If you type the surname you may be able to match up the number
|> if the person is already deceased. The Ancestry site has a place to
type
|> the SSN if you just type the number you may be able to see who it
belongs
|to.
|> Hope this will help.
|>
|> Social Security Death Index (SSDI) at Ancestry.com -
|>
|http://www.ancestry.com/ssdi/advanced.htm
|>
|> SSDI Search Engine -
|http://www.uftree.com/UFT/FamilyTracer/SSDI/search.html
|>
|>
|> Bes
|>
|>
|> Pamela Wagoner wrote:
|>
|> > I was so thrilled to find a social security number on my grand-aunt's
|death
|> > certificate, but place of birth was left blank. As the oldest of the
|children
|> > that were left orphaned, I had hoped that by finding her social
|security
|> > application I would be able to trace the family back. I just received
|a letter
|> > from SSA stating that the number and name I sent do not match their
|records.
|> > Mary Boyle, a spinster, died in 1944, any ideas? Since I have not
had
|much
|> > luck finding obits for women, I haven't tried getting one for her,
|maybe I
|> > should?
|> >
|> > Pam
|> > Oregon
|> >
|> >
|> >
|> >
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