Dee, I haven't yet - I'll have to hire someone in Chicago to do that. That's my next step. On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 2:08 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Did you order the probate file? My experience has been that some document > within > the file, if not the d/c itself, gives the death date, or the date declared > deceased if the actual date was not known. > > Dee > > > > On December 10, 2014 at 3:35 PM Eva Goodwin via > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks so much for all the responses. My guess is that she never had a > > SSN--she was not born in the US and though her husband naturalized and > did > > apply for social security, she may never have needed to. I did search for > > her with many different name variations. She does have a probate file in > > Chicago, but I was trying to find a date of death so that I could request > > the death certificate by mail. The SSDI is so handy for that! (I live in > > California so it's not something I can investigate in person.) > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Genealogy Guide via < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > In response to the "why no listing in the SSDI" part of Eva's question, > > > not all U.S. citizens have Social Security numbers, even today. Laws > for > > > registration and collection have changed over the years. Some > categories of > > > workers used to be exempt. Some who have never been employed might not > have > > > had reason for an SSN. This includes my aged mentally ill uncle who > died in > > > 2012. > > > Charlene M. Pipkin, Accredited Genealogist® > > > The ICAPGenSM service mark and the Accredited Genealogist® and AG® > > > certification marks are > > > the sole property of the International Commission for the > Accreditation of > > > Professional Genealogists. All Rights Reserved. > > > > > > On Tuesday, December 9, 2014 6:57 PM, Eva Goodwin via < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > A question for the hive-mind: > > > > > > Aside from the possibility that an individual was out of the country > at the > > > time of death, is there any reason why a U.S. resident who died in 2009 > > > would not have a death certificate or be in the Social Security death > > > index? > > > > > > Thanks for sharing thoughts! > > > Eva > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > [email protected] with the word > > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > [email protected] with the word > > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > -- > Dee Dee King, Certified Genealogist (sm), Certificate 903 > Contract Genealogist, US Navy POW/MIA Branch > > Mail address - PO Box 1085, Manvel TX 77578 > Telephone/fax 281-595-3090 > www.forensicgenealogyservices.com www.facebook.com/forensicgenealogist > > Certified Genealogist (CG) is a service mark (sm) of the Board for > Certification > of Genealogists®, conferred to > associates who consistently meet ethical and competency standards in > accord with > peer-reviewed evaluations every > five years, and the board name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark > Office. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >