But -- the OP was looking for ways to focus on those MOST LIKELY to be in there.
My home-town weekly newspaper generally runs 8 to 12 obits a week and has for a century or so; that's roughly 500 deaths a year, or more than 10,000 over a 20 year period. Few of them in the 1962-1990 era are found in the SSDI. So while I agree on a philosophical level that every name should be run through every available database, pragmatically, you play the odds. Grab the low-hanging fruit first, then if there's time take the long-shots. Cheryl Jay 1FamilyTree wrote: > 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 > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 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 > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 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/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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
