In the Social Security system, a family member is supposed to inform them when a death occurs. You can read this on their homepage. If a family does not, nor claims their weasly burial fee, they have no proof of death. Their system only shows that the person is no longer employed and contributing to the system. So, if you have an ancestor who died in the past thirty years [when typewritten death certificates are the norm], who and does not appear on the SSDI, the immediate family memer did not report it. You can take family death certificates, for ancestors who contributed to their system, to your local Social Security Office and they will update their database. A friend of mine went to the local Social Security Office and found that no one claimed the death benefit for his father in 1966. He tried to claim it but was rejected, as it was to go to a living spouse. Barb NYC Researcher IHR, GGG ======================== irenersalazar@comcast.net writes: > In that case, is your money returned? -Irene

Regarding attempts to claim any SS money due after a death: there is a time limit. When I found out my estranged grandfather's date of death, 1945, which was never reported to SS, they let me know there was a statute of limitation on collecting--I don't recall the length specifically: maybe ten years? I was SO over the limit that it did not stick with me. --- On Fri, 2/5/10, MizScarlettNY@aol.com <MizScarlettNY@aol.com> wrote: From: MizScarlettNY@aol.com <MizScarlettNY@aol.com> Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] [NYC-ROOTS] SS & providing DC To: nyc-roots@rootsweb.com, NY-IRISH@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, February 5, 2010, 10:37 AM In the Social Security system, a family member is supposed to inform them when a death occurs. You can read this on their homepage. If a family does not, nor claims their weasly burial fee, they have no proof of death. Their system only shows that the person is no longer employed and contributing to the system.  So, if you have an ancestor who died in the past thirty years [when typewritten death certificates are the norm], who and does not appear on the SSDI, the immediate family memer did not report it. You can take family death certificates, for ancestors who contributed to their system, to your local Social Security Office and they will update their database. A friend of mine went to the local Social Security Office and found that no one claimed the death benefit for his father in 1966.  He tried to claim it but was rejected, as it was to go to a living spouse. Barb NYC Researcher IHR, GGG ======================== irenersalazar@comcast.net writes: > In that case, is your money returned?  -Irene ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website.  Also, check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry:  http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message