Hi Jean, I always use the SSDI Index at www.familysearch.org So, I wondered why RootsWeb has it, also. But, I just checked the name of one of my uncles, and this Index says: "Nothing Found." His name "is" found at the other site. Silas Dean LEWIS died in 1990's. (His father, one of youngest of 13 children, was named after a Town Clerk, Silas DEAN.) :o) I can also mention that 2 of my grandfathers, including his father, do not show up in the SSDI Indexes. They died within a year of each other in 1960 and 1961. Reminder of the note below posted on the site you offered. I personally find it frustrating when I can't find "death information" for my grandparents' relatives who died during the 1950's and up to 1962 in MA/US. That is mostly because I have no idea which town or city they were living in when they died. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) Social Security Death Index is the computerized index to deaths reported and/or death benefits paid out starting in 1962. The SSDI includes a few pre-1962 entries, but the great majority of those included in this index are from 1962 through the present time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:27 PM Subject: [IRELAND] USA Social Security Death Index Interactive Search atRootsweb > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rwguide/lesson10.htm > > My Tip: Upon using the search engine, don't include a period after a > known middle initial. > > Sending away for a deceased family member's SS application will nearly > always help to fill in missing blanks in your FH. It will also provide > you with a copy of his/her handwriting! If your person of interest worked > for the railroad, be sure and read about that at the website. > >

Hi Betty,   Since I've always used the Rootsweb SSDI, I checked your Silas Dean Lewis.  I don't ever put in the entire name, so I entered Silas Lewis.  The engine pulled up 24 people; the first was Silas D Lewis, b. 28 Jun 1923; died 10 Jan 1996.  Last residence in AZ.  SS card issued in Massachusetts. Is that your uncle?    Even if I know the entire given-middle-surname, I would only enter the given and surname.  Sometimes, even the first name isn't given, only an initial, so it is good to do some experimenting with various combinations.    Hope this helps. Trish --- On Thu, 1/29/09, Betty <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> wrote: From: Betty <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [IRELAND] USA Social Security Death Index Interactive Search atRootsweb To: ireland@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 4:47 AM Hi Jean, I always use the SSDI Index at www.familysearch.org So, I wondered why RootsWeb has it, also. But, I just checked the name of one of my uncles, and this Index says: "Nothing Found." His name "is" found at the other site. Silas Dean LEWIS died in 1990's. (His father, one of youngest of 13 children, was named after a Town Clerk, Silas DEAN.) :o) I can also mention that 2 of my grandfathers, including his father, do not show up in the SSDI Indexes. They died within a year of each other in 1960 and 1961. Reminder of the note below posted on the site you offered. I personally find it frustrating when I can't find "death information" for my grandparents' relatives who died during the 1950's and up to 1962 in MA/US. That is mostly because I have no idea which town or city they were living in when they died. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) Social Security Death Index is the computerized index to deaths reported and/or death benefits paid out starting in 1962. The SSDI includes a few pre-1962 entries, but the great majority of those included in this index are from 1962 through the present time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:27 PM Subject: [IRELAND] USA Social Security Death Index Interactive Search atRootsweb > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rwguide/lesson10.htm > > My Tip: Upon using the search engine, don't include a period after a > known middle initial. > > Sending away for a deceased family member's SS application will nearly > always help to fill in missing blanks in your FH. It will also provide > you with a copy of his/her handwriting! If your person of interest worked > for the railroad, be sure and read about that at the website. > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message