The SS Administration is only concerned with benefit withdrawls, thus the SSDI will only show death dates IF a claim was filed. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Firehair3@aol.com> To: <PAWAYNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 10:26 AM Subject: [PAWAYNE] SS and numbers, etc. > In a message dated 3/17/04 8:53:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, yannster@ptd.net > writes: > > > > he never worked under Social Security > > Lots of railroad folks in the area, which means they may have had a number, > (SS began i8n the mid 30s approx) > > but, under the BRT (Brotherhood of Railraod Trainmen) didn't draw from SS, > but from RR pension. Often, their death dates are not reported. No burial or > mo benefits, no reason to tell SS > > My dad was with the D & H, he's been dead 10 yrs, my mthr died young, her > pension would've been under RR---neither of their numbers pop up. BUT--Ihave > both their cards. > > and several of the Adams and Kellams et al also were RR men---it's been > the sameproblem--or so familythought--until they learned, apply for their > forms---and see--sure enuf---several came back. > > Sheila // Firehair > > > ==== PAWAYNE Mailing List ==== > Wayne County Historical Society website: > www.waynehistorypa.org > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >