I have had the same experience with most of my relatives. My family was relatively well off, and didn't need the Social Security benefits, so except for my minor brother receiving my mother's death benefits until he turned age 21, no one else's benefits were ever applied for, so none of my relatives are in the system. Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith Heald" <jheald@pennswoods.net> To: <paclearf@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 8:31 AM Subject: [PACLEARF] social security > My Dad was a Dairy farmer who died in 1966. When I looked for his Social > Security Death Index in 2000+ I could not locate it. I finally went > backwards using his SS# and called Social Security. After proving that I > was indeed his daughter, they told me no one had ever filed for benefits. > Apparently my Mom, thinking that because he was self employed, did not > have > a SS # (as it was not required for the self-employed then), never filed > for > benefits. For some strange reason even the lawyer missed it. The > benefits > to Mom would probably been minimal, but no filing was even done, therefore > it is NOT in the system. So - if no one files for benefits - I don't > believe you will find it in the system! > > Judy > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACLEARF-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >