Kathy I have not experienced anything from Rootsweb or Ancestry.  I usually look for one or more every day.  Just before sending this message I tried a few I knew who have died in 2009 and had no problems. If Dee or others are having that problem, it might be a problem within their computer.  I have heard that some viruses can affect the results of any search.  Wish Dee would have given a couple of surnames and the town she is referring to so that others could see if they are getting the same results. Debbi --- On Wed, 12/9/09, KathieMir@aol.com <KathieMir@aol.com> wrote: From: KathieMir@aol.com <KathieMir@aol.com> Subject: [ILMACOUP] Last name ony in SSDI To: ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 9:35 AM I received the below e-mail from another list.  If anyone on the  Macoupin List has problems with obtaining SSN information - please e-mail me off  list.  I have access to both Ancestry and Footnote and will look up the  information for you. Kathie Mirabella From: "Dee Dee  King, Certified Genealogist"  <king@forensicgenealogyservices.com> To: apgmembersonlylist  <apgmembersonlylist@apgen.org> Sent: Tue, December 8, 2009 9:28:11  PM Subject: [APG Members] Re:  Last name ony in SSDI <<Has anyone noticed a trend for 2009  listings in the SSDI to only have a last name, no first or middle?  Is this  something new?>> Several people emailed offlist that they had  not experienced this.  A check of all the 2009 deaths in a little town  where we used to live - 1/4 of the 2009 listings with only last name visible  through the _ancestry.com_ (http://ancestry.com/)  SSDI.  My brother, who died in Sept.  but in a different area, was fully listed in Nov., now shows only by last name  on ancestry.com.  _Footnote.com_ (http://footnote.com/)  had the full names for the same searches, but  only the last 4 digits of the SSN.  If these are trends with the two  companies, we may have to search multiple SSDI online. Perhaps footnote.com to  get the full name, then ancestry.com for the full SSN if we need to order SS-5s,  etc. Dee Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Tried a search for "Westerhold" died in 2009 at ancestry, rootsweb and footnote. Five results at ancestry, one of which is only the surname. Four results at rootsweb, all with first and last names. Six results at footnote, all with first and last names. Marsha L. Ensminger --- On Wed, 12/9/09, Debbi Geer <dgirth@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Debbi Geer <dgirth@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [ILMACOUP] Last name ony in SSDI > To: ilmacoup@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 9:36 AM > Kathy > > I have not experienced anything from Rootsweb or > Ancestry.  I usually look for one or more every day.  Just > before sending this message I tried a few I knew who have > died in 2009 and had no problems. > > If Dee or others are having that problem, it might be a > problem within their computer.  I have heard that some > viruses can affect the results of any search.  Wish Dee > would have given a couple of surnames and the town she is > referring to so that others could see if they are getting > the same results. > > > Debbi > > > --- On Wed, 12/9/09, KathieMir@aol.com > <KathieMir@aol.com> > wrote: > > From: KathieMir@aol.com > <KathieMir@aol.com> > Subject: [ILMACOUP] Last name ony in SSDI > To: ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 9:35 AM > > I received the below e-mail from another list.  If anyone > on the  Macoupin > List has problems with obtaining SSN information - please > e-mail me off  > list.  I have access to both Ancestry and Footnote and > will look up the  > information for you. > > Kathie Mirabella > > From: "Dee Dee  King, Certified Genealogist"  > <king@forensicgenealogyservices.com> > To: apgmembersonlylist  <apgmembersonlylist@apgen.org> > Sent: Tue, December 8, 2009 9:28:11  PM > Subject: [APG Members] Re:  Last name ony in SSDI > > <<Has anyone noticed a trend for 2009  listings in > the SSDI to only have a > last name, no first or middle?  Is this  something > new?>> > > > Several people emailed offlist that they had  not > experienced this.  A > check of all the 2009 deaths in a little town  where we > used to live - 1/4 of > the 2009 listings with only last name visible  through the > _ancestry.com_ > (http://ancestry.com/)  SSDI.  > > My brother, who died in Sept.  but in a different area, > was fully listed in > Nov., now shows only by last name  on ancestry.com.  > _Footnote.com_ > (http://footnote.com/)  had the full names for the same > searches, but  only the > last 4 digits of the SSN.  If these are trends with the > two  companies, we may > have to search multiple SSDI online. Perhaps footnote.com > to  get the full > name, then ancestry.com for the full SSN if we need to > order SS-5s,  etc. > > Dee > > > Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > > > >       > > Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >