One item of information that would be extremely helpful would be to post the death location, from a death certificate, for those individuals that the SSDI does not show a final benefits or death benefit ZIP code. This would allow a subsequent researcher to ascertain where the individual died and have a better chance of determining whether to proceed further. larry k. ************************************************************** At 10:03 AM 9/3/1999 -0700, you wrote: >If you missed the following from the Rootsweb newsletter I think you might >find it interesting. It should be a great tool for everyone if we all post >notes giving more identification on the listings that we know are ours - >might make some new connections and help others eliminate some names in >their searches. Just did a couple of mine and another link is provided once >you post a post-em that you can view any posted. > >POST-EMs. Now you can attach a message to any of the more than >61 million records in the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) at >RootsWeb by using a "post-em," developed by RootsWeb's own Randy >Winch. Some suggested uses: attach notes to the records of your >relatives, providing researchers with a direct link to you; add >background information on an individual in the database, such >as pointers to other records relating to that individual; or >add a correction to an incorrect record. Check the records of >individuals of interest to you often. Someone recently might >have left a note there for you. To add a note to a record, do >a search and click on "Post-em" at the end of a record at: ><http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi>. > >Post-ems are a another example of your contributions at work. > > > >