This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RBestrom7380 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.snohomish/5259.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The "Last Residence" on the SSDI is NOT always where the person actually lived. Sometimes it is where the notification of death was sent to the Social Security Administration. Sometimes where a final payment (death payment) was sent to a living spouse or minor child. In 1982, it also could have been sent to a family member/spouse/attorney/funeral home, etc., that paid for a burial. The Washington Death Index is based on Death Certificates and would be more reliable. The SSDI is NOT a genealogy based data system, never intended to be one. Other records, County Auditor/Recorder, County Assessor would have more valuable residence information. His SSN was issued in Minnesota. --The Washington State Library has a free research service, the ask-a-librarian program, where they will look for information in the archives, in this case the newspaper microfilm for an event, such as an obituary. They will look up to an hour and send you the results. Contact them at: http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/ask.aspx . Depending on the amount of requests, it could take up to a couple of weeks. Ron Bestrom Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.