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Subject: [FLLEVY] reasons for not being in SSDI
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:48:52 -0000
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Author: Dor2Tyme
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There are many people who died that paid into SS and are not int he index. The only people who are listed in the index are people who had a claim filed against their number such as a widow or child OR or someone for burial benefits.
The SSDI does not include death records for everyone who has been issued a Social Security Number (card). Common reasons for exclusion include the following:
The death was not reported to the Social Security Administration (SSA).
The death occurred before the Death Master File was maintained in a computer database. About 98 percent of the deaths in this database occurred between 1962 and the present.
The person did not participate in the Social Security program.
Survivor death benefits were (are) being paid to dependents or spouse.
A recent death may not be indexed yet.
Human error.
If you do not find a listing in the SSDI, it does not mean the person is still living, or that the Social Security Administration (SSA) has no records on the deceased.
Since you DO have the SS# you can write to SS and request a copy of the original SS # application.
I am pretty sure it costs $27.00 now. I have gottent hem seversl times on dead end people. Sometimes I get a gtreat deal of new information...sometimes I get nothing.
Also, people who had seperate retirement plans like people who worked for the railroad, government employees or even housewives did not always have ss#'S.
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