Hi Sheila, Read your post to Ruth. Doesn't some one have to let the social security people know if the death has occurred in order for it to in the SS death index. I don't know just wondering. Gayle Prozak0304@aol.com wrote: > Ruth, > Thanks for the post on the SSDI. It is a good tool, but as I have discovered > in the past few days, it is common to assume everyone has a social security > card. Now days kids have one shortly after birth. But as in my case of > looking, the older the individual, especially females, did not have social > security numbers. They did not work outside the home and did not need one. > An example is my mother who died in 1966. She was working for my grandfather > in his garage as his bookeeper and did not pay taxes because she was paid in > cash. She did have a social security number, but it is not on the SSDI > because she/nor survivors recieved any benefits. I looked for my father on > there for 6 months before I finally found him quite by accident. It was not > listed under his name but simply under an initial. > Again Ruth, Thanks for Sharing. > Sheila > > ==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ====