tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post2997021212853769032..comments2023-06-26T04:17:39.453-05:00Comments on Genealogy Tip of the Day: Are Locations Approximate?Michael John Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10785989524587275817noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-45422215965194428232014-04-24T16:15:14.948-05:002014-04-24T16:15:14.948-05:00My father's mailing address at the time of his...My father's mailing address at the time of his death was not anywhere listed on the SSDI. He never lived there or received mail there. That is why it is puzzling. There's not even a post office. It is kind of like a subdivision and not even a town. Patricia Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07155332411150132634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-29485751066905045232014-04-24T09:47:44.072-05:002014-04-24T09:47:44.072-05:00The SSDI gives the place where the last SS check w...The SSDI gives the place where the last SS check was sent, NOT the place of death.Katnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-32541053858882166902014-04-24T09:45:36.041-05:002014-04-24T09:45:36.041-05:00It is quite common for folks to give the name of t...It is quite common for folks to give the name of the largest place near their home. "Papa said he came from Quincy, Illinois," was the extent of my father's knowledge about his family. It was not until years later after all my father's generation was gone, did we discover that the family was living about two miles East of Liberty in Adams Co., IL before they decided to move to Yazoo County, Mississippi in 1877.Katnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-59182994294123036192014-04-24T07:56:09.025-05:002014-04-24T07:56:09.025-05:00My father's Social Security info states his pl...My father's Social Security info states his place of residence at the time of his death was an area that isn't even a town more like a subdivision located east of town. He actually lived west of town. Never lived in the area mentioned. It puzzles me. Where did they get this information?Patricia Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07155332411150132634noreply@blogger.com