Comments on: SSDI: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/ssdi-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ Adventures in genealogy Wed, 08 May 2013 20:45:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Leah Kleylein http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/ssdi-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-1471 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:07:36 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/?p=1314#comment-1471 I agree with Greta…I had no idea that the index wasn’t every who APPLIED, it just never occurred to me! Thank you so much, great posting!

]]> By: Greta Koehl http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/ssdi-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-1469 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:36:34 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/?p=1314#comment-1469 Well, I’m gobsmacked – I didn’t realize that not everyone who applies was included; there are definitely some names I’d like to give another try for. Thanks!

]]> By: Maciej Róg http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/ssdi-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-1467 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:59:22 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/?p=1314#comment-1467 Who may request a copy through SS-5? Is it only descendants of a person, or other relatives can too? Do they send it abroad (eg. to Poland)?

]]> By: Maciej Róg http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/ssdi-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-1466 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:55:30 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/?p=1314#comment-1466 Hello Donna,

About the mispelling in surname PointkoWskI (instead of your PointkoUskY). I wonder if your ancestors in Poland used a Polish surname PIĄTKOWSKI? Have you ever seen such name in your documents? I tried to say your family name in Polish and it seems to me to sound like Piątkowski.

Then your surname took a long journey:
Piątkowski—Piontkowski—Pointkowski—Pointkousky

In 2005 there lived in Poland 6813 people with surname Piątkowski and 7339 people with the feminine version of the surname Piątkowska (source: K. Rymut, Słownik nazwisk używanych w Polsce na początku XXI wieku, pages 8197÷8198).

My warmest greetings from Poland!

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