http://www.socialsecuritydeathindex-search.com/ssdi/2007/09/18/what-is-a-gsu-or-dgs-number-and-should-i-care/ Family History Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:53:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.socialsecuritydeathindex-search.com/ssdi/2007/09/18/what-is-a-gsu-or-dgs-number-and-should-i-care/comment-page-1/#comment-3851 mikemathew Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:05:29 +0000 http://www.socialsecuritydeathindex-search.com/ssdi/2007/09/18/what-is-a-gsu-or-dgs-number-and-should-i-care/#comment-3851 To be listed in the Social Security Death Index, all that is needed is that the person must have had a social security number and his death must have been reported to the Social Security Administration. Social Security payments or a death benefit need not have been paid for a person to be listed in the index. The Social Security Master Death File was computerized in 1962 and very few names before then are in the index. The state where the social security number was issued which may give another area to search records. This is the state where the deceased applied for his Social Security number, most likely when he/she first got his first job or where he was working when Social Security was started. It may or may not be same as birthplace. ----------------------------------------------- mikemathew <a href="http://www.treatmentcenters.org/wyoming" rel="nofollow">Wyoming Treatment Centers</a> To be listed in the Social Security Death Index, all that is needed is that the person must have had a social security number and his death must have been reported to the Social Security Administration. Social Security payments or a death benefit need not have been paid for a person to be listed in the index. The Social Security Master Death File was computerized in 1962 and very few names before then are in the index. The state where the social security number was issued which may give another area to search records. This is the state where the deceased applied for his Social Security number, most likely when he/she first got his first job or where he was working when Social Security was started. It may or may not be same as birthplace.
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mikemathew
Wyoming Treatment Centers

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