[email protected] wrote: > > I have wanted to respond to these items about SSDI. My father received > benefits ever since the early 1980s, but he is not on any list that I have > seen, so there are those who are not on it. I was his bookkeeper so I know > that he received his check every month. > > Jeannie :) > Publisher of the Jericho Wall Genealogy Newsletter > w/the focus on the missing women in our trees. > > In a message dated 11/13/1999 7:23:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << I have aways been told that the SSDI is not a factual listing of all of > the > deaths in the US with SS cards... It is only an index of those deceased who > have had death benefits claimed.... this may be totally incorrect but it > seems to fit. Hope this helps. > > Joanne > > Joanne Trudelle > [email protected] > Co-ListOwner of: OBIT-LOOKUPS-L > Obit Volunteer List at: http://members.aol.com/sjhcamp/index.html > Volunteer for Cemetery Photo's > Cemetery Photo's List at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/2318/ > Member of the Greater Lowell, MA Genealogy Club > > Searching for HAMMOND, STURTEVANT, TRUDELLE, CHURCHILL, PRATT and many > more..... >> > > ==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== > To contact the owner use, [email protected] In checking the SSDI, I found that sometimes (not always) use just the initial of the first name, and it will pull up everything. My father-in-law was Douglas L., as were the checks he received. However, in the SSDI, it only says D. Grantham. This has worked on several others that I've been researching. Just a suggestion.