ALSO, look at  ssdi rootsweb ancestry, free ssdi rootsweb --- On Mon, 7/12/10, Ruth Susmarski <[email protected]> wrote: From: Ruth Susmarski <[email protected]> Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Death of a Prisoner To: "arleen gould" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Monday, July 12, 2010, 9:51 AM Right, Arleen.  I've noticed the inconsistencies, as well.   Another SSDI source is through FamilySearch...this link will take you to the Search Page:  http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=ssdi/search_ssdi.asp&clear_form=true Ruth --- On Fri, 7/9/10, arleen gould <[email protected]> wrote: From: arleen gould <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Death of a Prisoner To: "Lisa Lepore" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Friday, July 9, 2010, 6:16 PM Don't just rely on the SSDI that is on ancestry. My friend's brother died and he has never been listed there but we looked at footnote.com and found all the info. Ar On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Lisa Lepore <[email protected]> wrote: > There's no doubt the SSDI is missing a lot of people.  I'm sure there are > transciption errors, and missing batches of data that were not input correctly, > just like every other database. > > But, I was trying to point out that technically, it should appear there, once > the person was reported to have died.  If the person is not there it is more > likely due to an error, rather than the fact that the person in question is/was > a death row inmate. > > Unfortunately the SSDI is far from perfect. > > Lisa > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message       ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message