Also if this is the place of death, check with some area funeral homes, their records are just as good as birth and death certificates and copies of the records are far easier to get...if there was an obit published in the local paper, that should be included with the funeral home records as well.... I've gotten several records from funeral homes... Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: Tamara <sistermoon@mindspring.com> Reply-To: sistermoon@mindspring.com To: COATES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [COATES-L] Edward Coates Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 10:06:03 -0700 Belinda- The "last residence" is the last known residence of the Social Security recipient, essentially, that is where they were sending the benefits when that person died. It is a very strong clue for place of death. Place issued will tell you where they were living when they applied (and may include what business they were working for at the time). If you are going to order an SS5, I'll clue you in to something. Ask for a photocopy of the record, and you will get to see the applicant's handwriting! Otherwise, they just type up a sheet with the info. Good luck... "Hazzledine, Belinda" wrote: > As I have posted before I am searching for an Edward Coates who was a Sgt in > the RASC. I believe he was born in 1917 and was either American or > Canadian. > > I have just searched the US Social Security Death index and there was a > person that may be my grandfather > > Edward Coates > born 28/10/17 > died November 1983 > Last Residence 24141 (Radford, Radford Va) > SSN 230-10-6780 > Issued in Virginia. > > Can anyone tell me what information in the Last Residence section means? > > Thanks > > Belinda > 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 ==== ==== COATES Mailing List ==== ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com