"Kalmia" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Does anyone know if they ever 'caught up' on posting deaths prior to > 1962? Do they ever intend to, or is this a backburner thing? > > Also, is there any rhyme or reason to the listings - I can't see that > they are listed by state, date, middle initial, etc. Are theyh just > in a scrambled format? > > I'd like to know before I plow through a bunch of listings on some > common names. Thanks you. > > Don't know answer to 1962 question. Looks like the listings for the same name is by State Where Issued. You can do an Advanced Search, submitting more information, and eliminate many of the same names. Hope that helps some. Good luck. Joe in Texas

"Joe Pessarra" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > "Kalmia" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected]... > > Does anyone know if they ever 'caught up' on posting deaths prior to > > 1962? Do they ever intend to, or is this a backburner thing? > > > > Also, is there any rhyme or reason to the listings - I can't see that > > they are listed by state, date, middle initial, etc. Are theyh just > > in a scrambled format? > > > > I'd like to know before I plow through a bunch of listings on some > > common names. Thanks you. > > > > > > > Don't know answer to 1962 question. > > Looks like the listings for the same name is by State Where Issued. > > You can do an Advanced Search, submitting more information, and eliminate > many of the same names. > > Hope that helps some. Good luck. > > Joe in Texas There are listed in numerical order; the numbers were assigned to the states starting in the northeast and going down the coast, more or less, then starting again at the northern border and working back down, etc. The Railroad issues generally begin with a 700 prefix. I would like to know what the "72" or "VA", etc. means in the last residence column. Someone posted that they had inquired of the SSA and were told it meant nothing. If that were so, why would they show that info in the column?? I was thinking the "VA" possibly meant they were living in a Veterans Affairs home or hospital, but it's just a guess. Henry F. Brownlee (Access soon to be dropped by ATT)