My father shows up in the SSDI, even though my mother is collecting his SS pension. So that's not the reason some people don't show up. My dad's not using the SSN any more, even though my mother's getting the pension. So the SSN is "closed out" in that sense. My dad's been gone five years. But think what a mess it would be if you couldn't post the listing on the SSDI for a 20 year old who died in Iraq leaving a one year old and a pregnant wife. Those children are dependents at least through 18, and maybe until they finish their educations. They get money from SS that long. The information needs to get on the SSDI long before that. So I don't think that's the criterion. Doris -- "Vickie Howell" <buttonsvh@psci.net> wrote: I don't know if this is the case or not on: your husband SSN not being in the Social Security Death index may be because you are still living. Are you collecting Social security off of his account? From what I understand is that they can not close out a Social Security number until it is no long being used by anyone.(Children spouses etc) I don't know about the place of death, except I've ran into several who have died in other parts of the country like second homes. For example there address was Ohio but they also lived in Florida. Hope this helps some ----- Original Message ----- From: "mamahop" <mamahop@pioneer-net.com> To: <IL-OBITS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 2:48 PM Subject: [IL-OBITS] RE: So Sec death index >I wanted a obit look up and got the death date from the So Sec death index > and the lady lived in the same town as where the So Sec death index said > she > died and the lady couldn't find anything....why does death index say > something and then no one can find anything...this has happened twice. > > Also So Sec death index says its up to date though 2004 and I know someone > died in 1990 and I have the So Sec number but its not there and I know he > died in 1990 as I was married to him.. > > anyone know why the So Sec death index say's one thing and then you can't > find the information. Anyone else have this problem. > > > ==== IL-OBITS Mailing List ==== > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/volil.html > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > ==== IL-OBITS Mailing List ==== http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/volil.html ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

I haven't had the problem but this is a guess. My mother, 90, has a SSN. But she worked less than 10 years and is collecting on my father's SS pension. I wonder if when she dies she will not show up for that reason? You could call the SS 800 number and ask why. Good luck though. Don't call MT, and be prepared to sit on the phone all day getting busy signals or waiting on infinite hold. Or if there's a SS office near you, go sit all day, getting there when they open. Somebody has to send the data to SS. I think it's the funeral home. So if they don't do it in a timely fashion, it doesn't get to SS in a timely fashion. And though the sites say its up to date through 2004 don't believe it. Sorry if all this sounds cynical. But we're dealing with a government bureacracy here. Doris Waggoner Seattle -- Jeannabee@aol.com wrote: Yes, I have had the problem. Soc sec index does not have one of my parents, nor one of my grandparents. Yet I was there when they died so I know should be there. Jeannie fron OR In a message dated 5/30/2005 11:49:24 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, mamahop@pioneer-net.com writes: I wanted a obit look up and got the death date from the So Sec death index and the lady lived in the same town as where the So Sec death index said she died and the lady couldn't find anything....why does death index say something and then no one can find anything...this has happened twice. Also So Sec death index says its up to date though 2004 and I know someone died in 1990 and I have the So Sec number but its not there and I know he died in 1990 as I was married to him.. anyone know why the So Sec death index say's one thing and then you can't find the information. Anyone else have this problem. ==== IL-OBITS Mailing List ==== <a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/volil.html">Illinois Lookup Web Page</a> ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

As you probably have several answer you but the problem that I have is that my mother is listed as dying in a different county from the one that she really died in. I have even sent emails trying to get this corrected but so far it still has her listed in a different county. Even checked her SS number to make sure that it was the right one that was listed wrong. In later years that could really lead to some problems for researchers with wrong listings of place of death. ----- Original Message ----- From: "mamahop" <mamahop@pioneer-net.com> To: <IL-OBITS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 1:48 PM Subject: [IL-OBITS] RE: So Sec death index > I wanted a obit look up and got the death date from the So Sec death index > and the lady lived in the same town as where the So Sec death index said she > died and the lady couldn't find anything....why does death index say > something and then no one can find anything...this has happened twice. > > Also So Sec death index says its up to date though 2004 and I know someone > died in 1990 and I have the So Sec number but its not there and I know he > died in 1990 as I was married to him.. > > anyone know why the So Sec death index say's one thing and then you can't find the information. Anyone else have this problem. > > > ==== IL-OBITS Mailing List ==== > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/volil.html > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.3.0 - Release Date: 5/30/05 >

Your friend was very lucky. My sister tried using my grandfather's SS# to find his place of death. But was told by SS that they did not give out information on living persons. My sister then told them that the family had received word of his death in the 1960's. She further asked after several contacts with SS if they would forward a letter to the person using his name and SS#. They refused. We did some further searching and I was able to track down via the Department of Vital Statistics in California that he had indeed died in 1950...some 10 years prior to someone calling my mother and her siblings asking for money to bury their estranged father. My sister notified SS of our proof of his death via his death certificate...she has not heard from them again... Lys ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jeannabee@aol.com> To: <IL-OBITS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 3:14 PM Subject: Re: [IL-OBITS] RE: So Sec death index >I do know this. A friend of mine had not known where her mother was for > about 20 years. I helped her find that her mother had a Social Security > #. > Thus, we found out that she could contact Social Security, explain the > situation > and they would find out if her mother wanted to hear from her. Her > mother > did. She was living w/one of her sons, in a wheelchair and was in an > abusive > situation. My friend brought her to her home. She took care of her > mother > for some years until her mother died. > > Jeannie from OR

From what So Sec told me is I can draw on my husband who passed away as we was married over 10 years and I'm disabled (job injury). I was told that if I remarry I can't draw on him anymore. As you have to be married 10 years and not have remarried. So if his first wife had not remarried (they was married 22 years) she and I both could draw. Now I only get a percentage of his money now but when I turn 66 I will get all his and my still get my own disability too...wow that is something to look forward to. and that will get me about $400 more a month when I'm 66.

Well, Joann That is a very good question to say the very least. My info comes from the 1960s when I helped take care of an old lady across the street. We became good friends. She had worked for the RR and told me she did not get Soc. Sec. because she had a RR pension and was not allowed to have both. Jeannie From OR In a message dated 5/30/2005 2:24:17 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, jcolema1@elp.rr.com writes: Then why did my grandfather who worked for the B&O Railroad have a Soc Sec card??? Joann > > > People who worked for the Railroad did not collect Social Security. They > had a Railroad pension. > > Jeannie from OR > > In a message dated 5/30/2005 12:48:25 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > ladybug@arends-sons.com writes: > > I've had good luck with SSDI; as I understand it, the family has to file > for > > benefits after the death? I miss some too; however, some occupations do > not > pay into SS? Otherwise, I don't know. ladybug > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mamahop" <mamahop@pioneer-net.com> > To: <IL-OBITS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 1:48 PM > Subject: [IL-OBITS] RE: So Sec death index > > >>I wanted a obit look up and got the death date from the So Sec death >>index >> and the lady lived in the same town as where the So Sec death index said >> she >> died and the lady couldn't find anything....why does death index say >> something and then no one can find anything...this has happened twice. >> >> Also So Sec death index says its up to date though 2004 and I know >> someone >> died in 1990 and I have the So Sec number but its not there and I know >> he >> died in 1990 as I was married to him.. >> >> anyone know why the So Sec death index say's one thing and then you >> can't >> find the information. Anyone else have this problem. >> >>

My ex-husband is 9 months younger than I am. We had been divorced for 20 years when I applied for Social Security. When he became eligible for drawing his Social Security he was asked if he wanted part of mine. I was so horrified since I was not getting much that I never did understand about that philosophy. However, he told them he did not want to do that to me. Jeannie from OR In a message dated 5/30/2005 1:51:31 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, doriswaggoner@juno.com writes: But if you were married to him for 10 or more years, you can draw off his earnings after he dies. If you are remarried, you have to choose among your own pension, your husband's pension, or your ex-husband's pension. If you take any husband's pension, you get a big cut. In my case, my ex has been married 4 times. (His name's different, so I'm not giving anything away.) One was brief. But the others were all 10+ years. When he dies, three women could potentially draw off his account. In my case, I'll get more to usse my own account, but I don't know about the other two. But if he is an ex-husband, SS will not notify you. It is your responsibility to find out that he is dead and notify them, proving that you were married and divorced. Another use for the SSDI, if you're not in contact. Doris

Per this site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson10.htm "Railroad workers were enrolled in the same Social Security program, but from 1937 to 1963 they had numbers ranging between 700 and 728 as the first three digits. In 1964 their numbers began to reflect the same geographic location as other workers. Some railroad workers received Social Security benefits, but some did not. " And per this site: http://www.rrb.gov/geneal.html "The ( Railroad Retirement ) Board's records are kept by the railroad employee's social security number and a person's social security number often appears on his or her death certificate. " Barbara (Saxbury) Freeman http://www.Saxbury.net http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com http://www.PikeCoILGenWeb.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joann Coleman" <jcolema1@elp.rr.com> To: <IL-OBITS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 4:24 PM Subject: Re: [IL-OBITS] RE: So Sec death index > Then why did my grandfather who worked for the B&O Railroad have a Soc Sec > card??? Joann > > > > > > > > > People who worked for the Railroad did not collect Social Security. They > > had a Railroad pension.

If my memory serves me right, in order to get the burial benefit the individual had to be living in the spouses house. My parents did not get the burial benefit because, they were not divorced, but did not live together atthe time of death. I believe that was the reason. They are both listed in the SS Index because the funeral home notified SS at the time they picked up the bodies. Gene -------- Original Message -------- ==> From: "mamahop" <mamahop@pioneer-net.com> ==> Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 11:48:43 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) I wanted a obit look up and got the death date from the So Sec death index and the lady lived in the same town as where the So Sec death index said she died and the lady couldn't find anything....why does death index say something and then no one can find anything...this has happened twice. Also So Sec death index says its up to date though 2004 and I know someone died in 1990 and I have the So Sec number but its not there and I know he died in 1990 as I was married to him.. anyone know why the So Sec death index say's one thing and then you can't find the information. Anyone else have this problem. ==== IL-OBITS Mailing List ==== http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/volil.html ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx? sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 .

People who worked for the Railroad did not collect Social Security. They had a Railroad pension. Jeannie from OR In a message dated 5/30/2005 12:48:25 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, ladybug@arends-sons.com writes: I've had good luck with SSDI; as I understand it, the family has to file for benefits after the death? I miss some too; however, some occupations do not pay into SS? Otherwise, I don't know. ladybug ----- Original Message ----- From: "mamahop" <mamahop@pioneer-net.com> To: <IL-OBITS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 1:48 PM Subject: [IL-OBITS] RE: So Sec death index >I wanted a obit look up and got the death date from the So Sec death index > and the lady lived in the same town as where the So Sec death index said > she > died and the lady couldn't find anything....why does death index say > something and then no one can find anything...this has happened twice. > > Also So Sec death index says its up to date though 2004 and I know someone > died in 1990 and I have the So Sec number but its not there and I know he > died in 1990 as I was married to him.. > > anyone know why the So Sec death index say's one thing and then you can't > find the information. Anyone else have this problem. > > > ==== IL-OBITS Mailing List ==== > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/volil.html > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > ==== IL-OBITS Mailing List ==== _Illinois Lookup Web Page_ (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/volil.html) ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

I do know this. A friend of mine had not known where her mother was for about 20 years. I helped her find that her mother had a Social Security #. Thus, we found out that she could contact Social Security, explain the situation and they would find out if her mother wanted to hear from her. Her mother did. She was living w/one of her sons, in a wheelchair and was in an abusive situation. My friend brought her to her home. She took care of her mother for some years until her mother died. Jeannie from OR

I also found out if I don't find it on one of the SSDI I may find it on another ( I have found several this way site) I normally use http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/fto_ssdisearch.html?Welcome=1084388869 if I can't find it there I go to http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=ssdi/search_ssdi.asp&clear_form=true I then try www.mytrees.com the SSDI search is free. My last source is Ancestry. I am not a supscriber but if I find one that is close I have a friend pull it up for me. Vickie ----- Original Message ----- From: "mamahop" <mamahop@pioneer-net.com> To: <IL-OBITS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 3:39 PM Subject: [IL-OBITS] So Sec > No one is drawing off my ex-husband as he never remarried and no one is > drawing off my half sister as well as my mother. > > > ==== IL-OBITS Mailing List ==== > <a > href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/volil.html">Illinois > Lookup Web Page</a> > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >

Hello Would appreciate a obituary lookup for great aunt Irene Steinholdt who died December 10, 1902 in Cook Co. at age 20. Believe name may originally be Augusta Marie Steenholdt born 1878 Denmark daughter of Axel & Mariane Steenholdt. Thankyou wayne

Doris: My mother's SSN showed up as her own and she was drawing off my fathers SSN. So I would imagine hers will show up. Also I remember reading somewhere that the states where not required to submit the deaths to the SSDI pior to 1962. So that may also explain why someone with a SSN does not show up. Vickie ----- Original Message ----- From: <doriswaggoner@juno.com> To: <IL-OBITS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [IL-OBITS] RE: So Sec death index > > I haven't had the problem but this is a guess. My mother, 90, has a SSN. > But she worked less than 10 years and is collecting on my father's SS > pension. I wonder if when she dies she will not show up for that reason? > You could call the SS 800 number and ask why. Good luck though. Don't > call MT, and be prepared to sit on the phone all day getting busy signals > or waiting on infinite hold. Or if there's a SS office near you, go sit > all day, getting there when they open. > > Somebody has to send the data to SS. I think it's the funeral home. So > if they don't do it in a timely fashion, it doesn't get to SS in a timely > fashion. And though the sites say its up to date through 2004 don't > believe it. Sorry if all this sounds cynical. But we're dealing with a > government bureacracy here. > > Doris Waggoner > Seattle > > -- Jeannabee@aol.com wrote: > > Yes, I have had the problem. Soc sec index does not have one of my > parents, > nor one of my grandparents. Yet I was there when they died so I know > should > be there. > > Jeannie fron OR > > In a message dated 5/30/2005 11:49:24 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > mamahop@pioneer-net.com writes: > > I wanted a obit look up and got the death date from the So Sec death > index > and the lady lived in the same town as where the So Sec death index said > she > died and the lady couldn't find anything....why does death index say > something and then no one can find anything...this has happened twice. > > Also So Sec death index says its up to date though 2004 and I know > someone > died in 1990 and I have the So Sec number but its not there and I know he > died in 1990 as I was married to him.. > > anyone know why the So Sec death index say's one thing and then you can't > find the information. Anyone else have this problem. > > > > > > > ==== IL-OBITS Mailing List ==== > <a > href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/volil.html">Illinois > Lookup Web Page</a> > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > ==== IL-OBITS Mailing List ==== > <a > href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/volil.html">Illinois > Lookup Web Page</a> > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

Then why did my grandfather who worked for the B&O Railroad have a Soc Sec card??? Joann > > > People who worked for the Railroad did not collect Social Security. They > had a Railroad pension. > > Jeannie from OR > > In a message dated 5/30/2005 12:48:25 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > ladybug@arends-sons.com writes: > > I've had good luck with SSDI; as I understand it, the family has to file > for > > benefits after the death? I miss some too; however, some occupations do > not > pay into SS? Otherwise, I don't know. ladybug > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mamahop" <mamahop@pioneer-net.com> > To: <IL-OBITS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 1:48 PM > Subject: [IL-OBITS] RE: So Sec death index > > >>I wanted a obit look up and got the death date from the So Sec death >>index >> and the lady lived in the same town as where the So Sec death index said >> she >> died and the lady couldn't find anything....why does death index say >> something and then no one can find anything...this has happened twice. >> >> Also So Sec death index says its up to date though 2004 and I know >> someone >> died in 1990 and I have the So Sec number but its not there and I know >> he >> died in 1990 as I was married to him.. >> >> anyone know why the So Sec death index say's one thing and then you >> can't >> find the information. Anyone else have this problem. >> >> >> ==== IL-OBITS Mailing List ==== >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/volil.html >> >> ============================== >> New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your >> ancestors >> at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: >> > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >> >> > > > > ==== IL-OBITS Mailing List ==== > _Illinois Lookup Web Page_ > (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/volil.html) > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > ==== IL-OBITS Mailing List ==== > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/volil.html > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

I don't know if this is the case or not on: your husband SSN not being in the Social Security Death index may be because you are still living. Are you collecting Social security off of his account? From what I understand is that they can not close out a Social Security number until it is no long being used by anyone.(Children spouses etc) I don't know about the place of death, except I've ran into several who have died in other parts of the country like second homes. For example there address was Ohio but they also lived in Florida. Hope this helps some ----- Original Message ----- From: "mamahop" <mamahop@pioneer-net.com> To: <IL-OBITS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 2:48 PM Subject: [IL-OBITS] RE: So Sec death index >I wanted a obit look up and got the death date from the So Sec death index > and the lady lived in the same town as where the So Sec death index said > she > died and the lady couldn't find anything....why does death index say > something and then no one can find anything...this has happened twice. > > Also So Sec death index says its up to date though 2004 and I know someone > died in 1990 and I have the So Sec number but its not there and I know he > died in 1990 as I was married to him.. > > anyone know why the So Sec death index say's one thing and then you can't > find the information. Anyone else have this problem. > > > ==== IL-OBITS Mailing List ==== > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/volil.html > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >

There's nothing in the Social Security death index that indicates a place of death. Sometimes the last place of residence is given, but that is not necessarily the place of death. Also, aren't the only names in the Social Security Death Index those who received a benefit? Andy Peplow Fairborn, OH -----Original Message----- From: mamahop [mailto:mamahop@pioneer-net.com] Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 2:49 PM To: IL-OBITS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [IL-OBITS] RE: So Sec death index I wanted a obit look up and got the death date from the So Sec death index and the lady lived in the same town as where the So Sec death index said she died and the lady couldn't find anything....why does death index say something and then no one can find anything...this has happened twice. Also So Sec death index says its up to date though 2004 and I know someone died in 1990 and I have the So Sec number but its not there and I know he died in 1990 as I was married to him.. anyone know why the So Sec death index say's one thing and then you can't find the information. Anyone else have this problem. ==== IL-OBITS Mailing List ==== http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/volil.html ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429

Someone wrote I wanted a obit look up and got the death date from the So Sec death index and the lady lived in the same town as where the So Sec death index said she died and the lady couldn't find anything....why does death index say something and then no one can find anything...this has happened twice. This may have happened if the person who died resided at a rest home in that area, but he and his family originally lived elsewhere and his actual burial might have been in another place. We moved my father to be near us after my mother died. He will more than likely die in our county seat town, but because no one here will know him there won't be an obituary in the paper here unless I personally see that it is done. You might want to send for a copy of his death certificate to see what it says. My uncle is not listed in the social security death index. There had been an earlier marriage in his life, and my mother did not want his children to find out about it. She told us she had had the records sealed. I have had people tell me that that just doesn't and can't happen. To find people on social security indexes now and then I go to the advanced search, type in a year of birth, a year of death, and a given name without a last name. Sometimes something comes up. I might try other searches with only a last name in case SS has mixed up a given name. You can try all sorts of searches. Also, they have not recorded a complete listing so if you type in a place of death and they haven't put one there you won't get what you are looking for. Please keep trying! Good luck! Gayle in Kansas

Yes, I have had the problem. Soc sec index does not have one of my parents, nor one of my grandparents. Yet I was there when they died so I know should be there. Jeannie fron OR In a message dated 5/30/2005 11:49:24 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, mamahop@pioneer-net.com writes: I wanted a obit look up and got the death date from the So Sec death index and the lady lived in the same town as where the So Sec death index said she died and the lady couldn't find anything....why does death index say something and then no one can find anything...this has happened twice. Also So Sec death index says its up to date though 2004 and I know someone died in 1990 and I have the So Sec number but its not there and I know he died in 1990 as I was married to him.. anyone know why the So Sec death index say's one thing and then you can't find the information. Anyone else have this problem.

I've had good luck with SSDI; as I understand it, the family has to file for benefits after the death? I miss some too; however, some occupations do not pay into SS? Otherwise, I don't know. ladybug ----- Original Message ----- From: "mamahop" <mamahop@pioneer-net.com> To: <IL-OBITS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 1:48 PM Subject: [IL-OBITS] RE: So Sec death index >I wanted a obit look up and got the death date from the So Sec death index > and the lady lived in the same town as where the So Sec death index said > she > died and the lady couldn't find anything....why does death index say > something and then no one can find anything...this has happened twice. > > Also So Sec death index says its up to date though 2004 and I know someone > died in 1990 and I have the So Sec number but its not there and I know he > died in 1990 as I was married to him.. > > anyone know why the So Sec death index say's one thing and then you can't > find the information. Anyone else have this problem. > > > ==== IL-OBITS Mailing List ==== > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/volil.html > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >