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From: Lorraine Moore <>
Subject: Re: Social Death Index Dates-Need Info
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 1997 20:32:19 -0800


There are very very few records earlier than the 60's.....reason is that
they have not been put on the computer and I don't know if they have
decided to forget about the earlier dates or not.

Lorraine

At 07:02 AM 11/1/97 -0800, Alice Johnson wrote:
>1 Nov 1997
>
>I access the Social Security Death Index often. I know SS started about
>1935. It seems like I read somewhere on the Web, that the dates of the
>Social Security Death Index only start from sometime in the 60's. Does
>anyone know if this is correct? I have found a lot of ancestors on the
>SSDI, but a lot of people that I feel probably had an SS number, like my
>grandmother who passed in 1947 are not listed. All the people I have found
>died in the 70's, 80's and 90's. If the 60's is correct does anyone know
>why the earlier dates are not listed back to 1935?
>
>Thank you,
>
>Alice Johnson
>Oxnard, CA
>E-Mail -
>
>
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