Social Security was one of FDR's program. I believe it started in 1935.
Have you try the Social
Security death index. Some death certicfate has the place of birth.
----- 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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