In a message dated 2/11/2006 10:05:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, eile@comcast.net writes: I am finally after getting a relative's 1957 death cert, and it gives the social. My plan had been to use the social to locate him in the military's records, since he died in a VA hospital. The problem: Putting his social into the social sec. death index brings up a different man's name. Now I am stumped. Any ideas? I do not have his service number. Paul Paul- In all probability someone who died in 1957 won't be included in the SSDI listings because the SS records were not digitized at that time. Some were added later on but most don't appear in the SSDI. My guess is that there is a typo in the SS number on the Death Cert. or the person supplying the death info had the wrong number, if you are finding someone else listed in the SSDI with that number. You can try contacting SSA to see if they have the SS5 info for the person who died in 1957 even if you do not have the correct SS number. Joan

My uncle died in 76 and his is in there. On 2/11/06, JYoung6180@aol.com <JYoung6180@aol.com> wrote: > > > In a message dated 2/11/2006 10:05:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, > eile@comcast.net writes: > > I am finally after getting a relative's 1957 death cert, and it gives > the social. > > My plan had been to use the social to locate him in the military's > records, since he died in a VA hospital. > > The problem: Putting his social into the social sec. death index > brings up a different man's name. > > Now I am stumped. > > Any ideas? I do not have his service number. > > Paul > > > > Paul- > > In all probability someone who died in 1957 won't be included in the SSDI > listings because the SS records were not digitized at that time. Some were > added > later on but most don't appear in the SSDI. > > My guess is that there is a typo in the SS number on the Death Cert. or > the > person supplying the death info had the wrong number, if you are finding > someone else listed in the SSDI with that number. > > You can try contacting SSA to see if they have the SS5 info for the person > who died in 1957 even if you do not have the correct SS number. > > Joan > > > ==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== > Visit City and County of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at: > http://www.pa-roots.com/~philadelphia/ > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > -- Ann Brown " Cookie"

do you have access to ancestery ? If not give me the full name and I'll look for you On 2/11/06, Ann Brown <cookiebrown11@gmail.com> wrote: > > My uncle died in 76 and his is in there. > > > > On 2/11/06, JYoung6180@aol.com <JYoung6180@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > > In a message dated 2/11/2006 10:05:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, > > eile@comcast.net writes: > > > > I am finally after getting a relative's 1957 death cert, and it gives > > the social. > > > > My plan had been to use the social to locate him in the military's > > records, since he died in a VA hospital. > > > > The problem: Putting his social into the social sec. death index > > brings up a different man's name. > > > > Now I am stumped. > > > > Any ideas? I do not have his service number. > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > Paul- > > > > In all probability someone who died in 1957 won't be included in the > > SSDI > > listings because the SS records were not digitized at that time. Some > > were added > > later on but most don't appear in the SSDI. > > > > My guess is that there is a typo in the SS number on the Death Cert. or > > the > > person supplying the death info had the wrong number, if you are finding > > someone else listed in the SSDI with that number. > > > > You can try contacting SSA to see if they have the SS5 info for the > > person > > who died in 1957 even if you do not have the correct SS number. > > > > Joan > > > > > > ==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== > > Visit City and County of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at: > > http://www.pa-roots.com/~philadelphia/ > > > > ============================== > > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your > > ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn > > more: > > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > > > > > -- > Ann Brown " Cookie" -- Ann Brown " Cookie"

If you know he died in a VA hospital have you tried contacting your local VA for help? While trying to reconstruct some military records that were destroyed in the archived records fire I discovered that if a veteran has been treated in a VA hospital they likely will have copies of his service records. I was lucky in that the records that could not be offered by the archives could be supplied by the VA. Good Luck, Susan McIntyre > >In a message dated 2/11/2006 10:05:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, >eile@comcast.net writes: > >I am finally after getting a relative's 1957 death cert, and it gives the social. > >My plan had been to use the social to locate him in the military's >records, since he died in a VA hospital. > >The problem: Putting his social into the social sec. death index >brings up a different man's name. > >Now I am stumped. > >Any ideas? I do not have his service number. > >Paul > > > > >