You are welcome. My address is a bit tricky since it is a hyphenated name and some systems won't even accept it but have had it since 1999. Eric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Madaline Preston" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 10:28 AM Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] ssdi and rootsweb > Eric, I tried to write you back with a thank you for your time and efforts > on Fred Quiring...your address was rejected twice. > To the list, my regrets of adding personal messages to this VA list thread. > Mitzie a.k.a Madaline > > On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Christine Rakoci <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > I ran a quick check for you through Ancestry and World Vital Records but > > couldn't find a death record for him either. He may not have had a social > > security number as it didn't come around until 1937 and wasn't required of > > all employers. You might try finding union records or others for the > > Chicago police department. Try the death indexes for Chicago > > http://www.deathindexes.com/illinois/cook.html. The Newberry Library in > > Chicago has a good genealogy section and is usually pretty helpful with > > where to go to find info. > > > > > > Good luck, > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 10, 2010, at 10:34 AM, Madaline Preston wrote: > > > > I admit patience isn't one of my virtues but I've spent way too much > >> time > >> trying to find an ancestor on a social security death index that is a > >> free index, not one that is advertised as free until they search, find a > >> match and then tell you you have to be a member to view the data. > >> > >> In 2003 I went to ssdi.rootsweb.com, put in the state and the last name > >> of > >> my ancestry line and up would pop all the data. Of course all of this now > >> belongs to Ancestry which is another sore subject. (They can take a > >> simple > >> data base and present it in a way to involve the maximum time spent in a > >> search.) > >> > >> I'm looking for Fred (Frederick) J. Quirin born 21 Jul 1893 in Brooklyn, > >> NY. His WWII registration card, dated 27 April, 1942 states he worked in > >> the 11th District Chicago Police Dept. (91st and Cottage Grove, Chicago) > >> and > >> gives his home address as 7921 Indiana Ave, Chicago. You'd think this > >> info > >> would be sufficient to find the lad. > >> > >> What have I missed? Is there a site such as my 2003 find that will give > >> you > >> his death date without belonging to one more "free" site? > >> > >> All I want is his death date. > >> > >> Thanks for listening to my rant. I hope you will have the wisdom to put > >> me > >> on the right track. > >> M. Preston > >> > >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > >> at > >> http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > >> > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > > at > > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html