> (2) there is available > from SS a record of the deceased's employment. A record of all the > jobs held by the deceased since a SS number was obtained, costs a > great deal more than $27, but is invaluable as a search tool when > one does not know where one's ancestor may have lived at periods of > his lifetime. [Fran's note: I do not know how SS bases its fees for > the latter type of application. In recent years I know of one that > cost $87; one that cost $92; another that cost $74, etc.] > > Fran powell@closecall.com I would be interested to know what would one ask SS for if I want the record of a deceased's employment? It might be a way for me to track my wandering father's travels. Pat mglory@hutchtel.net

Pat at mglory@hutchtel.net writes: > I would be interested to know what would one ask SS for if I want > the record of a deceased's employment? It might be a way for me to > track my wandering father's travels. Pat, as of 1997 when I last obtained SS employment history of a deceased, one tells the SS clerk one wishes to apply for the SS employment history of the deceased. If a SS form number is needed, I was never told that number, and, frankly, never looked for one on the forms. [Am now retired, but I used to locate missing persons, so did a number of these over the years] Unless changes have occurred since late 1997, your birth certificate is needed along with the SS number and death certificate of the deceased if SS number is not included on death certificate. A statement of relationship and reason for obtaining the record is required. Good luck. Fran powell@closecall.com