This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McCLUNG Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EZ.2ADI/1109.1 Message Board Post: Dear Debra There is not much info to help with your query. SSDI ~ Social Security Death Index http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/ Three Lydia McClung (surname at date of death) listings, different middle initials. Possibly none are the correct person. If you send for Form SS-5 (expensive) you can discover the name(s) of father and maiden name of mother, and more. Name: Lydia McClung Death Date: 02 Oct 1959 Death County: Tuscaloosa Volume: 46 Certificate: 22719 Roll: 6 Name Birth Date Death Date Last Residence (City,County,State) Issued SSN Save This Order Record LYDIA E MCCLUNG 8 Sep 1911 7 May 1997 Clarence Center, Erie, NY NY (Before 1951 ) 069-18-7736 LYDIA M MCCLUNG 18 Sep 1898 15 Jan 1973 Rainelle, Greenbrier, WV WV (Before 1951 ) 236-22-3768 Source: www.ancestry.com Name: Sammie Houston Saunie Nickell Spouse: Frances Fanny Fenimore Birth Place: Fayette Co, Lansing, WV Birth Date: 15 September 1883 Parents: Mcelwee Mack Nickell , Lydia Maude Mcclung http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/WATERFORD/1998-10/0908845344 ~ (for entire article) ------------------------------------------------- THE 3 BASICS OF A GOOD QUERY ~ (excerpt) ------------------------------------------------- (1)Tell us WHAT you know - that includes what you have searched, where you got your information from, dates, locations. This way people won't tell you to search a certain census or other resource if you have already done so. (2) Tell us what you DON"T know. -- I don't know his parents’ names, I don't know when he came to the US, I don't know names of siblings. (3) Tell us what you WANT to know - otherwise it’s a stab in the dark. What information are you looking for? Be specific, do you want to know how to get naturalization papers, how to find when they emigrated, how to find a location in the old country? (Don't say you want to know everything about them! Pick one or two things and go at it systematically.)" Your previous query is the good, informational kind: “David Lee McClung b-1845 --d -1911”, with some mention of locations. www.ancestry.com --- has person of same name, different vital stats, who died in Idaho Falls. Some libraries subscribe to "AncestryPlus" and/or "Heritage Quest" which are good databases to search. Ruth