just as a friendly reminder, to appear on the SSDI, a final benefit must be paid, or, at least that is the way I understand it.  No final benefit, name will not appear. someone know otherwise, PLEASE correct me, as all info/knowledge is helpful. ----- Original Message ---- From: Annette/Len <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 2, 2008 8:24:11 AM Subject: Re: [NYERIE] Nursing Home @ Main & Kensington? Thanks, Cynthia. I didn't think of looking though the Buffalo telephone books and city directories for that information.  Sometimes your focus is so narrow that you need other suggestions.  That was what I was hoping for when I posted on this board.  I have already checked all of the various names on the SSDI, though, and didn't find anyone by those names.  That was an encouraging sign.  I even went so far as to do a search by only her first name, since it isn't extremely common.  No hits there, either.        Cynthia suggested: If you know the birth mother's multiple names, then search the   SSDI on all of them. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ