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From: "Richard A. Pence" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] SSDI
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 05:07:40 -0400
References: <200605010719.k417JLOj089942@authsmtp.core.com>


The point I was trying to make is that the Social Security Death Index
tells you nothing about where a person died. My apologies for misreading
your message. However, the fact that the checks were sent to your
father's address also "proves" another point I made: The address in the
SSDI is also NOT the "Last Residence," as labeled in the on-line
indexes. If is the address of record at SSA. Nor can it be said that it
is the address to which the checks are being mailed, at least in most
cases when the checks were sent directly to the bank or, in more recent
years, the money was electronically transferred.

About the only purpose the "Last Residence" field serves is that it can
be a starting point if you are searching for an obituary. The fact that
the person may have lived at the address or that a close relative may
live there means that the local papers may have taken notice of the
death.

Richard P.
Fairfax, Virginia

----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna St. Felix" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 3:19 AM
Subject: RE: [TMG] SSDI


> When my grandmother was alive, the checks were snail mailed. ...
> 'Her' last
> address was never my grandfathers address. ... The last address shown
> for
> her is her son's address, my father, who was in a different county
> from
> where she died (proving it's not the last address for her
> 'residence').
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard A. Pence [mailto:]
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 2:49 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [TMG] SSDI
>
> "Donna St. Felix" <>
>> It would be usually the address of the last mailing of benefits. At
>> least that's what I've proven on many in my family lines. One
>> example: My paternal grandmother died in a nursing home in a
>> different county than what was listed (my dads home).
>
> Donna: The address given is the address the Social Security
> Administration
> has for the deceased person. It probably has nothing to do with where
> the
> checks are sent, because there are no checks - everything is direct
> deposit
> (they insist on it!). Above, the address given is NOT the place of
> death.
>
> In your case, your grandmother moved to the nursing home and continued
> to
> list her address as that of her husband - which seems natural to me.
>
> Richard P.
> Fairfax, VA
>
>
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