While browsing the Social Security Death Index on Ancestry.com for my great-grandfather, Max Doerflinger, I found an entry for my Mom.
My heart stopped when I saw it and I debated whether or not to click on it. I finally decided to open it. I read her name over and over again. I cringed when I saw they listed the wrong last residence. I held my breath and I read her birth date and realized that her birthday was only a week away. And I let out a long sigh as I saw her date of death. Then the tears came, but only for a moment. But then I smiled when I saw the year she got her social security number – I didn’t know that information before.
Have you ever come across a record that gave you some mixed feelings?
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