Re: [LegacyUG] Ordering Social Security records

2013-07-17 Thread singhals
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

Re: [LegacyUG] Ordering Social Security records

2013-07-17 Thread Eliz Hanebury
Very true, a search is always worth it (to me anyway) you just never know what is going to pop. 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 7:50 PM, Jay 1FamilyTree

Re: [LegacyUG] Ordering Social Security records

2013-07-16 Thread singhals
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

RE: [LegacyUG] Ordering Social Security records

2013-07-16 Thread Bobby Johnson
Message- From: singhals [mailto:singh...@erols.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 10:17 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ordering Social Security records Kathy Meyer wrote: Does anyone have a successful way to search records to come up with a list of people who

Re: [LegacyUG] Ordering Social Security records

2013-07-16 Thread Eliz Hanebury
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

Re: [LegacyUG] Ordering Social Security records

2013-07-16 Thread Jay 1FamilyTree
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

RE: [LegacyUG] Ordering Social Security records

2013-05-14 Thread Bobby Johnson
Subject: [LegacyUG] Ordering Social Security records 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

[LegacyUG] Ordering Social Security records

2013-05-12 Thread Kathy Meyer
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