"jim" <bogus@example.com> wrote in message news:bogus-116886.23280925012008@news.verizon.net... > In article <Raymj.524$xq2.113@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net>, > "Ace" <fake@fake.com> wrote: > >> What is '72'? It is not her age. > > The death was reported by a funeral home. > > See <https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0202602125> > > jim Thank you. So that means she died in Connecticut and it was reported by a funeral home? How do I find out what funeral home so I can write for the info? I'm particularly interested in her street address and the cause. Thanks again.

In article <n2Pmj.9254$EZ3.2270@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com>, "Ace" <fake@fake.com> wrote: > "jim" <bogus@example.com> wrote in message > news:bogus-116886.23280925012008@news.verizon.net... > > In article <Raymj.524$xq2.113@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net>, > > "Ace" <fake@fake.com> wrote: > > > >> What is '72'? It is not her age. > > > > The death was reported by a funeral home. > > > > See <https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0202602125> > > > > jim > > ...So that means she died in Connecticut and it was reported > by a funeral home? How do I find out what funeral home so I can write > for the info? I'm particularly interested in her street address and > the cause... > Some helpful soul will have to help with those questions. I've exhausted my meager knowledge. jim

Ace wrote: > "jim" <bogus@example.com> wrote in message > news:bogus-116886.23280925012008@news.verizon.net... >> In article <Raymj.524$xq2.113@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net>, >> "Ace" <fake@fake.com> wrote: >> >>> What is '72'? It is not her age. >> The death was reported by a funeral home. >> >> See <https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0202602125> >> >> jim > > Thank you. So that means she died in Connecticut and it was reported > by a funeral home? How do I find out what funeral home so I can write > for the info? I'm particularly interested in her street address and > the cause. > > Thanks again. > > > Try to get a copy of the obit which will tell you the name of the funeral home. Jim

"Ace" <fake@fake.com> wrote in message news:n2Pmj.9254$EZ3.2270@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com... > > "jim" <bogus@example.com> wrote in message > news:bogus-116886.23280925012008@news.verizon.net... >> In article <Raymj.524$xq2.113@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net>, >> "Ace" <fake@fake.com> wrote: >> >>> What is '72'? It is not her age. >> >> The death was reported by a funeral home. >> >> See <https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0202602125> >> >> jim > > Thank you. So that means she died in Connecticut and it was reported by a > funeral home? How do I find out what funeral home so I can write for the > info? I'm particularly interested in her street address and the cause. > Well, I can think of a couple three ways: First, check if Connecticut has death certificates online. Many times death certificates also mention which funeral home handled the deceased. Write state agency in Connecticut and ask for a copy of the death certificate. There's a very useful book by Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer, called Long-Distance Genealogy that gives excellent advice on how to this, along with letter templates for the actual correspondence. As it happens I I have it right here on my desk as I type this, and there's an appendix the gives the addresses of the state library and archives for Connecitcut. They are: State Library: 231 Capitol Ave., Hartford CT 06106 www.cslnet.ctstateeu.edu/ Atchives: Connecticut State Library 231 Capitol Ave., Hartford CT 06106 www.cslnet.ctstaeu.edu/archives.htm Do you know the county she died in? Write the county clerk and ask about getting a death certificate. Go to the relevant board on Rootsweb and post a query. Go to http://www.raogk.org/ (Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness) and ask if someone is willing to do a lookup for you. The above should be enough to get you started. Good luck!