Actually a woman does not have to work or contribute to the SS system if she was married for at least 10 years to the same man she can draw even if she is divorced. My mom never worked outside the home and drew on my dad's account....after he died and she remarried, she continued to draw on dad's account. An aunt was divorced after 20+ years of marriage and drew on her ex-husband's account. ---------- > From: Jan Craven <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LA-LGHS-L] SS Death Index > Date: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 10:49 PM > > The Social Securtiy system was set up during or at the end of the depression > and so your person who died in 1900 would not have been in there. > A person must have rec. Soc. Sec or been eligable to rec it. > ALSO someone had to file for the death benefit. There are regulations that > are followed in > getting the benefits. If one spouse gets it, the other doesn't, as I > understand it. > And if you were on another pension plan, such as a railroad pension then > you didn't get > ss and so were not eleg. for the death benefits. > I don't think the woman who didn't work would be eleg. You have to > contribute to be > eleg. > > Look for that person who died in 1900 in the local newspaper obituaries. > Hope this helps. I'm sure that others will be able to add to this. > Jan > > At 10:24 PM 10/19/99 EDT, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > >Can Anyone tell me when the SS Death index began. I used it to get info on > my > >grandfather But he died in 1967. For instance if a person died in 1900, > would > >they be in there? Also would a woman who didnt work be in the SS Death Index? > > > > > >==== LA-LGHS Mailing List ==== > >LGHS: Serving Louisiana Genealogist since 1953. > >To submit an article to be considered for publication in The Register, > >contact David Howell at <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > ==== LA-LGHS Mailing List ==== > LGHS: Serving Louisiana Genealogist since 1953. > Visit our website at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~la-lghs/lghs.htm