Dear Nancy, >From what I can tell, even people under a railroad pension plan (which paid better) still had to register for a SS number, and apparently that number is what you need to get a search of the rr board records. You might try: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson10.htm >From there, you can get a link to rootsweb SS index (not complete), and this appears to be fuller than the one on Ancestry.com. I think I may have found my fellow's SS number and month/year of death, but not sure yet. This registration appears to have been in 1937 for everyone, not in 1933 as I assumed. Others have told me that from the rr board they got a full record of which railroad in which year etc. I would love to have this and will probably order from the board now that I have the SS number. Thanks. Betty On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 06:03:55 -0700 (PDT) Nancy Pfannenstiel <[email protected]> writes: > > >Betty, if you would go to the Mc Lean County, IL genweb site, there is >a >link for the Railroad retirement board, and from there you can find >out >how to get his records. My ancestor was a railroader, too, and I keep >meaning to send off for his records. Good Luck! > > >Nancy > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. >http://im.yahoo.com > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.