Eliz, I wouldn't say that the chances are slim.....
In the Wisconsin county my family is from if I enter search on Ancestry for SSDI for 1957 +/- 10 years (and limit to exact) and limit to exact county. I still get over 2,200 records. Any potential is worth searching if the answer might be found! Jay On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Eliz Hanebury <elizhg...@gmail.com> wrote: > One note, the odds of someone who died before 1967 being in the SSDI are > slim. sometimes if a child or widow was drawing on the account and died ( > or ceased drawing) after 1967 the death of someone who died in the 1950's > might show up. > > Eliz > Not Today and Not without a Fight > (Anon) > > For all that has been, thanks. > For all that will be, yes. > (Dag Hammarskjold) > > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:16 AM, singhals <singh...@erols.com> wrote: > >> Kathy Meyer wrote: >> > Does anyone have a successful way to search records to come >> > up with a list of people who would be good prospects for >> > ordering their Social Security records? >> > I know they would have had to have died after 1936. I'm not >> > sure if women registered or not or if everyone registered or >> > if it was just a random thing for registration. I don't >> > want to pay $29 just to find out the person never applied >> > for social security or registered with the system. They're >> > not always on the SSDI because if the family didn't apply >> > for death benefits, they wouldn't be on there. >> > Anyone have a good way to create such a list to consider? I >> > tried but it was too general - too big. I have the deluxe >> > version. >> > Feel free to reply privately if you have any attachments to >> > share that couldn't be sent thru the list. >> > Thanks!! Kathy >> >> >> I don't know how "good" a system it is, but it worked for >> others for years. >> >> FILTERs are: >> >> MALE >> born after 1870 >> died after 1962 >> NOT a farmer [this one eliminates a whale of lot of folks] >> NOT self-employed >> did NOT die while in the military >> >> It is not necessary to have drawn SS; anyone with an SSN >> will have an application on file. >> >> Railroaders filled out the same SSA as the rest of us; IF >> they first got their card through the RR, their SSN will be >> a 777-##-####. >> >> Federal government employees, civilian or military, have an >> SSN. State and Local governments -- depends; some had their >> own independent retirement systems and employees didn't need >> an SSN. >> >> VERY few women had an SSN prior to maybe 1960...because very >> few women worked in jobs that required an SSN. My GM >> (1902-1997) used her husband's SSN with a B suffix. Her >> sister had an SSN as early as 1948, because she was a bank >> teller. Even fewer children had one. >> >> FWIW >> >> Cheryl >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and >> on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
