Posts in February 3, 2016

Just a reminder: the death benefit field in the renditions of what’s commonly called the Social Security Death Index, is where the death benefit check was sent, not where the person was necessarily living when they died. My Aunt Luella Barnett died in Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois, but the death benefit was sent to Orland Park, Cook County, Illinois, where her oldest daughter was living at the time.  The image in this post comes from Ancestry.com. The Social Security Death Index can be searched at FamilySearch or GenealogyBank  as well.