Bob Hegerich wrote: > Hi All: > > Just to add to the confusion. > > "Railroad workers were enrolled in the . . . 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. However, it is wise to check the SSDI in any case. > > The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board was created in the 1930s, and has records dating back to 1937, but they exist only for those whose employers were covered under the Railroad Retirement Act." > > It seems to me that I recall finding Railroad Retirement Act workers who died before 1962 in the SSDI. But I wouldn't bet the farm on it. > I suspect that the RRA workers were already in a computerized data base prior to Oct 1962 when the SSA started entering the deaths into the data base. > One slight correction, if I may. What appears in the SSDI is not the place > of death, but rather the place the last SS check was mailed to, which is > presumed to be (but isn't necessarily) that person's residence :-) The column which says last Residence is a AFAIK, the last residence that the SSA has for the decedent. My wife was administratrix for her aunt ho lived in Queens NYC and died in Manhattan, NYC bur R is show as Montclair NJ where we lived. There is a newly formed SSDI list on rootsweb. bob gillis