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From: "Richard A. Pence" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] We don't find everyone in the Social Security Death Index
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:43:45 -0500
References: <E1H54UG-0005TV-LV@elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net>


You may find this item of help - "Reporting Inaccuracies in the SSDI":

http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ssdi/errors.html

Richard

----- Original Message -----
From: "Trish Nicola" <>
To: "'Joyce C. Wicks'" <>; <>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 1:17 PM
Subject: [APG] We don't find everyone in the Social Security Death Index


> Sometimes all the proper steps seem to be taken and someone still doesn't
> show up on the SSDI.
>
> My father died ten years ago. His death was reported to the SSA and my
> mother collected benefits but he doesn't show up on the SSDI. I have
> called
> the SSA to see if I can get him listed. After talking to several people
> over
> several weeks, I found someone who looked him up in their database. He
> said
> he could see what the problem was but he couldn't tell me what it was or
> what to do about it--privacy. Frustrating! It must be some minor clerical
> error. The clerk also couldn't understand why it matter to me.
>
> Your e-mail is a reminder to me that I should send them a copy of my dad's
> death certificate and see if that helps.
>
> Trish Nicola
>
> Patricia "Trish" Hackett Nicola, CG
> www.familytraces.com
> Seattle, WA
> CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for
> Certification of Genealogists used under license after periodic
> evaluations
> by the Board. http://www.BCGcertification.org/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto:] On Behalf
> Of Joyce C. Wicks
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:37 AM
> To:
> Subject: [APG] Why we don't find everyone in the Social Security Death
> Index
>
>
> Hi Group,
>
> Maybe most of you know this already, but my husband just
> found this a couple of days ago. We kept wondering why his
> father wasn't in the Social Security Death Index when we
> know that his younger brother received a benefit when his
> Dad died.
>
> The reason is that he died BEFORE 1962. See the following:
>
> Source: Rootsweb
>
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson10.htm
>
> As marvelous a finding aid as it is, the SSDI does not include
> the names of everyone, even if they had a Social Security
> number (SNN). If relatives or the funeral home did not report
> the death to the Social Security Administration, or if the
> individual died before 1962 (when the records were
> computerized) then they probably will not appear in this
> database. The omission of an individual in this index does not
> indicate the person is still living. It simply means that
> there was no report of the person's death to Social Security
> Administration.
>
> Reasons you might not find someone in the SSDI
>
> Social Security officially was begun in 1937, with some
> payments being paid as early as 1940. However, the Social
> Security Death Index is the computerized index to deaths
> reported and/or death benefits paid out starting in 1962.
>
> The SSDI includes a few pre-1962 entries, but the great
> majority of those included in this index are from 1962
> through the present time.
>
> While the limitations of dates may exclude your family
> member, other reasons that your ancestor may not be included
> in the SSDI might have to do with his or her occupation or
> lack thereof.
>
> Prior to the 1960s, farmers, housewives, government
> employees, non-employed individuals, and those with a
> separate retirement plan might not have had a Social
> Security number. It was not until 1988 that all children had
> to have Social Security numbers.
>
> I hope this is helpful to some of you.
>
> Joyce C. Wicks, CG
>
>
>
>
>
>
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