When looking in rootsweb for places in Virginia it does not list Radford. Is Radford a small place inside a bigger place - (if that makes sence) -----Original Message----- From: culpepper [mailto:culpepper@prodigy.net] Sent: Friday, 30 June 2000 13:48 To: COATES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [COATES-L] Edward Coates 24141 is the zip code where he resided...one of three in Radford Virginia. ----- Original Message ----- From: * Charlotte <coats@hotmail.com> To: <COATES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 10:06 PM Subject: RE: [COATES-L] Edward Coates > Edward Coates > > born 28/10/17 > > died November 1983 > > Last Residence 24141 (Radford, Radford Va) > > SSN 230-10-6780 > > Issued in Virginia. > > Well at first blush I'd say it was 24141 Radford, Radford VA ...Radford > could be the street name or the Radford, Radford VA is the city of Radford, > County of Radford in the state of VA...street address in the civilized > western part of the US...<g>..go like this... > > The number is the house number, then the name of the street, then the name > of the city, then the name of the state... > > However, it is quite possible that SS has their own coding system which is > beyond the comprehension of most people...<g>.. > > Char > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ==== COATES Mailing List ==== > Coates, Coate, Coats Digital Archive: > http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar > ==== COATES Mailing List ==== ARTHUR ROBINSON & HEDDERWICKS This email and any attachments are intended solely for the named addressee. They are confidential and may be subject to legal or other professional privilege. This email and any attachments are also subject to copyright. They may be copied or distributed by the addressee only with the consent of the copyright owner. Otherwise, no part of them may be copied, adapted, transmitted or distributed without the written consent of the copyright owner. If you have received this email in error, please let us know by reply email or phone and delete all copies from your computer system. It is the recipient's responsibility to check this email and any attachments for viruses. Any confidentiality, privilege, or copyright is not waived or lost because this email has been sent to you by mistake.

Here are three links to Radford information websites. Note the last one is to Radford University's map with driving directions. Hope these help. sherri coats culpepper http://radfordchamber.i-plus.net/ http://hpi.www.com/vamun/5165392.html http://www.radford.edu/AboutRU/Visiting.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Hazzledine, Belinda <Belinda.Hazzledine@arh.com.au> To: <COATES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 10:56 PM Subject: RE: [COATES-L] Edward Coates > When looking in rootsweb for places in Virginia it does not list Radford. > Is Radford a small place inside a bigger place - (if that makes sence) > > -----Original Message----- > From: culpepper [mailto:culpepper@prodigy.net] > Sent: Friday, 30 June 2000 13:48 > To: COATES-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [COATES-L] Edward Coates > > > 24141 is the zip code where he resided...one of three in Radford Virginia. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: * Charlotte <coats@hotmail.com> > To: <COATES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 10:06 PM > Subject: RE: [COATES-L] Edward Coates > > > > Edward Coates > > > born 28/10/17 > > > died November 1983 > > > Last Residence 24141 (Radford, Radford Va) > > > SSN 230-10-6780 > > > Issued in Virginia. > > > > Well at first blush I'd say it was 24141 Radford, Radford VA ...Radford > > could be the street name or the Radford, Radford VA is the city of > Radford, > > County of Radford in the state of VA...street address in the civilized > > western part of the US...<g>..go like this... > > > > The number is the house number, then the name of the street, then the name > > of the city, then the name of the state... > > > > However, it is quite possible that SS has their own coding system which is > > beyond the comprehension of most people...<g>.. > > > > Char > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > ==== COATES Mailing List ==== > > Coates, Coate, Coats Digital Archive: > > http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar > > > > > ==== COATES Mailing List ==== > > ARTHUR ROBINSON & HEDDERWICKS > > This email and any attachments are intended solely for the > named addressee. They are confidential and may be subject > to legal or other professional privilege. > > This email and any attachments are also subject to copyright. > They may be copied or distributed by the addressee only with > the consent of the copyright owner. Otherwise, no part of them > may be copied, adapted, transmitted or distributed without the > written consent of the copyright owner. > > If you have received this email in error, please let us know by > reply email or phone and delete all copies from your computer > system. It is the recipient's responsibility to check this email > and any attachments for viruses. Any confidentiality, privilege, > or copyright is not waived or lost because this email has been > sent to you by mistake. > > > ==== COATES Mailing List ==== > >

On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Hazzledine, Belinda wrote: > When looking in rootsweb for places in Virginia it does not list Radford. > Is Radford a small place inside a bigger place - (if that makes sence) > > > Edward Coates > > > born 28/10/17 > > > died November 1983 > > > Last Residence 24141 (Radford, Radford Va) If you get your SSDI information from Rootsweb, then what they do is to convert the zip code (postal code) into a city, county, and state. The raw information from the Social Security just gives the zip code. Anyway, Radford is a city in Montgomery County, Virginia-- however, Virginia has this strange system of "independent cities" where some cities are not administratively part of the county in which they are physically located. So, while Radford is located geographically within the boundaries of Montgomery County, VA, it is administratively independent of the county, so the 2nd Radford listed in the SSDI refers to the independent city of Radford (in effect, the 2nd Radford is redundant). Keep in mind, that the "last residence" is not necessarily the place of death. These days, a fair fraction of people don't die in their beds, but die in hospitals which may be in the nearest big city-- often not even in the same county as their residence. Justin M. Sanders "I shot an arrow into the air. It fell Dept. of Physics to earth I know not where." --Henry Univ. of South Alabama Wadsworth Longfellow confessing jsanders@jaguar1.usouthal.edu to a sad ignorance of ballistics.