Here is a brief history of Social Security taken from the agency's website.
For a much more detailed history visit their website at
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/history/briefhistory3.html
The Social Security Act
In early January 1935, the Committee on Economic Security made its report to
the President, and on January 17 the President introduced the report to both
Houses of Congress for simultaneous consideration. Hearings were held in the
House Ways & Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee during January
and February. Some provisions made it through the Committees in close votes,
but the bill passed both houses overwhelmingly in the floor votes. After a
Conference which lasted throughout July, the bill was finally passed and
sent to President Roosevelt for his signature.
The Social Security Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt on August
14, 1935. In addition to several provisions for general welfare, the new Act
created a social insurance program designed to pay retired workers age 65 or
older a continuing income after retirement.
Social Security Records
Applications for a Social Security Number (SS-5) are available for deceased
individuals. They can be requested by using Form SSA-711; however, you do
not need to use the form. Address your request to:
Social Security Administration
OEO FOIA Workgroup
300 N. Green Street
P.O. Box 33022
Baltimore, Maryland 21290-3022
For more information on requesting records from Social Security and a link
to Form SSA-711 go to
http://www.ssa.gov/foia/html/foia_guide.htm
Tony Meeks
Fairfax, VA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrea - Genealogy" <andrea.genealogy(a)pceaze.com>
To: <INRANDOL-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 8:51 PM
Subject: [INRANDOL] Question about Social Security/Genealogy
I had someone e-mail me about getting birth certificates when none
are
available at the county level. And one of my ponderings was possibly
getting records from the social security office. Has anyone ever done
something like that, I was just wondering what kind of hoops you need to
go
through to get official documentation for genealogy purposes especially
for
someone who was born prior to 1900 and lived long enough to receive social
security. Can you even get info like that? My idea was that if you can
not
locate a birth certificate that should of been on file but was not, to get
say a WW1 draft card plus social security docs for further documentation
on
their age, birth date, occupation, death date, that type of thing. I've
never done that, but is it a viable idea? What is the history time line
for
social security as we know it today? I thought that it started in the
1930s
but someone who sits beside me says no, that it was earlier than that. I
know that there were pensions in various ways before that, but they were
not
gov subsided other than for veterans and their families, right? Education
needed! Andrea
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