Hi: 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 :-) -----Bob H----- ----- Original Message ----- From: "winston crawford" <iamkac2@worldnet.att.net> To: <NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 2:59 PM Subject: Re: [NS-L] U.S. DEATH INDEX > Hi > Okay, on this one, I can be something of a resource. I retired from > Social Security about a year ago, after almost 30 years. > Here is how this works. > Anyone that has a Social Security number (fewer in the past but virtually > everyone who is a legal alien or citizen today) gets a number based on > where they were living when they originally filed for benefits. > For example, Midwest folks, like me, have numbers that were issued out of > the Chicago region and they start with the number 3. West cost and > California start with 5, the Atlanta region with 4. etc. It does not tell > you where they lived state wise but what region of the country they were > in when they filed for the card. As they are now done at birth almost > exclusively, they will be an indication of family location in the future. > And, yes. The 700 numbers were originally issued to rail road workers > back in the 30s and 40s. They had to be working for the rail road when > the number was issued but did not always stay there. They are now using > the 700s again and I think that they are now used for some aliens who come > to this country but will not be permanent residents. That changed about > the time that I retired so they may have refined that some since then. > This stuff changes almost daily sometimes. Hard to keep up when you are > no longer part of the machine. > > Now, as for the death index, any one who has a number and dies, that death > is recorded by the funeral director and passed on to Social Security. > Always!!!! The death is recorded on the system and the information is > then posted to the death index. A person could never have worked, had a > number for a bank account, for example, and would show up there. That > will give you a name, location of death and a date. They up date that a > couple times a year for the public even though it is updated daily for the > governments purposes. If the individual had no Social Security number and > died (almost never these days) and the information was reported to the > government, it will not show up on that list as there was no number with > which to associate the death. > Basically, it is a function that is used by Social Security to keep track > of numbers and which are still in use. The fact that they share it with > the public is an extra service and, pretty much, a gift. > Karen > --- Original Message ----- > From: Bob Hegerich > To: Wanda Powell ; NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 2:21 PM > Subject: Re: [NS-L] U.S. DEATH INDEX > > > 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. 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----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Hegerich" Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 3:58 PM Subject: Re: [NS-L] U.S. DEATH INDEX > 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 :-) Quite! My grand-aunt & uncle, both born in NS, were living in Florida in their retirement, after residing most of their married/working life in CT. He died in Florida, and indications were she did as well. Then, her SSDI info made it seem as though she actually died in CT. Several months ago, I tracked down and spoke with both her aged children. Grand-aunt died in Atlanta GA, where son lives. She's buried in CT, as is her husband, where their daughter lives. Toni ~ Ontario