From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Sep 24 04:05:26 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k8OA5Qjb024015; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 04:05:26 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8OA5LVO010596 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 04:05:21 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k8O7NKFI007642 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 03:23:20 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k8O7NK9w007641 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 03:23:20 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k8O4vdFI007360 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:57:39 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k8O7dRS8031103 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 01:39:27 -0600 X-Envelope-From: sdm.prowett@gmail.com Sun Sep 24 01:39:27 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k8O7dRjb031094 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 01:39:27 -0600 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.181]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8O7dJVK020640 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 01:39:22 -0600 Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id o67so1979175pye for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:39:21 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:from:to:references:subject:date:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-priority:x-msmail-priority:x-mailer:x-mimeole; b=Y2MnxAIzvQqo95cX1ucjK/h/lOpcyOViUj+q+LLKNR0fSVJo5fDPFbjSozPY/X/IHCuY7Vulxq1Y6LU79c5xPc+3DDKU2KrGTvBHwp4EHufkj8z2cX2CGlsXlqpCZf1GxWHu4jf4r3ycmuBJVd6LVX3O9CqEh4kgRvBN0ZMH2kQ= Received: by 10.65.137.5 with SMTP id p5mr3173815qbn; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:32:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Chewbacca ( [64.146.135.196]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id q15sm968558qbq.2006.09.24.00.32.16; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:32:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <001601c6dfab$8cc54ce0$6901a8c0@Chewbacca> From: "Sondra Prowett" To: References: Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Re: Julia C. Whaley Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:32:10 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Nowadays ALL deaths are normally reported to SSA to stop fraud and identity theft of their SSN's. :) My children were issued SSN's at birth and you can believe me that I would report to SSA if they had died to keep their numbers being used by somebody else. S o n d r a ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 4:53 PM Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: Julia C. Whaley > > From: "Drew Smith" _drewsmithtpa@gmail.com_ > (mailto:drewsmithtpa@gmail.com) > > Mike, > > Even an updated SSDI would not necessarily help you, as a death does not > appear in the SSDI unless it has been reported to the Social Security > Administration, and that's not likely unless the individual was receiving > SS > benefits. Most 56-year-olds wouldn't be. > > Do you have the names of any survivors that might appear in her obituary? > > Drew Smith > > > ---- > Drew- > > Actually the deaths of most 56 year olds WOULD be reported to SSA by the > funeral home if the deceased had worked under covered employment. There > could > be a lump sum death payment due a surviving spouse and/or survivor > benefits > due surviving children or spouse. It is even possible that someone who > died at > 56 could have been receiving disability benefits from SSA prior to their > death--there are many reason why the death would probably have been > reported. > > Joan >