{"id":9117,"date":"2014-12-10T17:06:31","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T17:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=9117"},"modified":"2021-04-21T14:42:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T18:42:00","slug":"can-you-find-my-grandfathers-date-of-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/can-you-find-my-grandfathers-date-of-death.html","title":{"rendered":"Can You Find My Grandfather\u2019s Date of Death?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A reader asked: \u201cI am seeking the date of my grandfather\u2019s death. His name was John L. Gray and died in Missoula, Montana. Can you help?\u201d<\/p>\n

I recently received this question\u2014so I reached into GenealogyBank to help her find the answer.<\/p>\n

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Source: SSDI \u2013 John L. Gray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She gave me his name and the city and state where he died, with no additional information.<\/p>\n

Bang\u2014first search in the Social Security Death Index<\/a> (SSDI)\u2014and John L. Gray came right up.<\/p>\n

Using GenealogyBank, I was able to find an SSDI record that matched the information about her grandfather that she provided me. I will send the SSDI record to her to see if this is the same John L. Gray that she is looking for.<\/p>\n

Ancestor Search Tip<\/em><\/strong>: Look for records created throughout a person\u2019s life. In this case his granddaughter wanted to know his date of death. Since a person\u2019s DOD is recorded in multiple records, target those records first.<\/p>\n

I knew that his Date of Death would be included in his SSDI Death record<\/span>, so I searched this first with the brief information I had\u2014and the record came right up.<\/p>\n

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