Let me be more specific.... This person left town (Richwood, WV) in 1978 and just disappeared. His ex-wife, son, mother, two sisters, one brother, etc never heard from him again. He was one of the original "delinquent Dads". Well when his brother died (1987), we tried to find him and no luck, then his sister died (1995) and we tried to find him and no luck..then this past June (23-Jun-2001) his mother died...and we couldn't find him. Then last night we (my mother and I) went on line and she wanted me to look up a date of death of a Boggs cousin and I did....then for some unknown reason I typed in Gerald's name and there he was...dead! Had done this before and he did not show. Well he died just six months prior to her death. In fact he was listed as a survivor as no one knew that he was dead. Well according to the SSDI he died 10-Jan-2001, they had the correct birth date and the correct SS#....HOWEVER under the column for last payment (residence) they had < (72) > ....well when you go into the website and look up what (72) means the SSA says that it is an internal code and to ignore it... ...now being a novice genealogist and being a West Virginian....you don't tell me to ignore someone's internal code! especially when I am looking for documentation and a public record. Short of following a seasoned genealogist's advice (Joy Stalnaker at HCPD) and mailing a request for a death record to 50 states.....I decided to throw this one out to all of you....but in my haste I didn't quite give you the Who le Story.... Name: Gerald Elmer Ingle Born: 18-Mar-1937 in Richwood, Nicholas Co., WV Died: 10-Jan-2001 in ????? SS#: 236-54-2839 Parents: Troy E. Ingle and Flora Ann Hoover Wife (now ex-wife): Janet Carol Bierman of Muscatine, IA Son: Andrew Robert Ingle born 04-Jan-1970. Discharged from Air Force in Jan of 1962. AF#1349-96-55 The website I obtained this from: http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ Was last update Nov. 2001 Want to thank everyone for all the suggestions...EXCEPT Joy Stalnaker <bg> and LOL....and I checked out all of the websites offered...so if worse comes to worse, I will humble myself in front of my copier as I key in "50"...and will start licking stamps. Peace to all in 2002! Vivian

Vivian, You don't need to write to all 50 states. Just to the Social Security Administration. If you look up this SSDI record at Ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm You will see "Request Information" to the right of the death information. If you click on that and follow the directions that should solve your problem Norman ----- Original Message ----- From: <VivHy@aol.com> To: <WVGREENB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 11:10 PM Subject: [WVGREENB] About that guidance I needed.... > Let me be more specific.... > > This person left town (Richwood, WV) in 1978 and just disappeared. His > ex-wife, son, mother, two sisters, one brother, etc never heard from him > again. He was one of the original "delinquent Dads". Well when his brother > died (1987), we tried to find him and no luck, then his sister died (1995) > and we tried to find him and no luck..then this past June (23-Jun-2001) his > mother died...and we couldn't find him. > > Then last night we (my mother and I) went on line and she wanted me to look > up a date of death of a Boggs cousin and I did....then for some unknown > reason I typed in Gerald's name and there he was...dead! Had done this before > and he did not show. Well he died just six months prior to her death. In fact > he was listed as a survivor as no one knew that he was dead. > > Well according to the SSDI he died 10-Jan-2001, they had the correct birth > date and the correct SS#....HOWEVER under the column for last payment > (residence) they had < (72) > > > ....well when you go into the website and look up what (72) means the SSA > says that it is an internal code and to ignore it... > > ...now being a novice genealogist and being a West Virginian....you don't > tell me to ignore someone's internal code! especially when I am looking for > documentation and a public record. > > Short of following a seasoned genealogist's advice (Joy Stalnaker at HCPD) > and mailing a request for a death record to 50 states.....I decided to throw > this one out to all of you....but in my haste I didn't quite give you the Who > le Story.... > > Name: Gerald Elmer Ingle > Born: 18-Mar-1937 in Richwood, Nicholas Co., WV > Died: 10-Jan-2001 in ????? > SS#: 236-54-2839 > Parents: Troy E. Ingle and Flora Ann Hoover > Wife (now ex-wife): Janet Carol Bierman of Muscatine, IA > Son: Andrew Robert Ingle born 04-Jan-1970. > Discharged from Air Force in Jan of 1962. AF#1349-96-55 > > The website I obtained this from: > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > Was last update Nov. 2001 > > Want to thank everyone for all the suggestions...EXCEPT Joy Stalnaker <bg> > and LOL....and I checked out all of the websites offered...so if worse comes > to worse, I will humble myself in front of my copier as I key in "50"...and > will start licking stamps. > > Peace to all in 2002! > Vivian > >