After my Dad died I checked the SSA death index to see if they had it right. The record was off by several days. I had to take a certified copy of the death certificate to the SSA office for them to correct it. It took 5 or 6 months to get corrected. Lafe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia Patricelli" <virgpat@usfamily.net> To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] Social Security Application - abt. 1940