<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18pt; color: #000000'><P>Sue, as I said in a earlier reply, no one in the family signed</P>
<P>my half brothers death certificate and it is still at the funeral</P>
<P>home so even tho he was on SSI his death has not been reported</P>
<P>to the State of Alaska or SSDI, that could be the case here, that</P>
<P>no one took responsebility for reporting, I am not sure here in</P>
<P>Oregon if the Death Certificate must be signed by a family</P>
<P>member before it is reported to the State or SSDI.</P>
<P>We only found out about this during a Bureau of Indian</P>
<P>Affairs probate they could not get a death certificate even</P>
<P>after we gave them the date of death, they contacted the </P>
<P>funeral home and found out the death certificate had never</P>
<P>been sign and so not filed.</P>
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<P>Glen Jones Portland<BR><BR></P>
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<B>From: </B>"Sue Steward" <ssteward@ccountry.net><BR><B>To: </B>"or-roots mail list" <or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><BR><B>Sent: </B>Monday, September 24, 2012 11:59:13 AM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Re: [or-roots] lost family?<BR><BR>
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<H2>I have been told that if there is no surviving spouse to receive the small death benefit ($255) that they are not listed.</H2>
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<DIV id=longDesc>The Death Master File (DMF) from the Social Security Administration (SSA) currently contains over 89 million records and is updated weekly. The file is created from internal SSA records of deceased persons possessing social security numbers and whose deaths were reported to the SSA. <BIG><BIG><FONT color=#cc0000>Often this was done in connection with filing for death benefits by a family member, an attorney, a mortuary, etc.</FONT></BIG></BIG> Each update of the DMF includes corrections to old data as well as additional names. <FONT color=#cc0000><BIG><BIG>[NOTE: If someone is missing from the list, it may be that the benefit was never requested, an error was made on the form requesting the benefit, or an error was made when entering the information into the SSDI.]<BR><BR><FONT color=#330033>Sue</FONT><BR></BIG></BIG></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR>On 9/24/2012 8:15 AM, Glen Jones wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<P>If they are working for wages after 1933 (Approx. Date) they must have a Social Security Number.</P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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<P>By the way everyone if the font comes through large I have it set for 18pts.</P>
<P>so I can see it better on my computer.</P>
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<P>Glen Jones<BR><BR></P>
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<B>From: </B>"Bill & Chris Strickland" <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E href="mailto:lechevrier@q.com" target=_blank><lechevrier@q.com></A><BR><B>To: </B>"or-roots mail list" <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target=_blank><or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us></A><BR><B>Sent: </B>Monday, September 24, 2012 7:52:04 AM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Re: [or-roots] lost family?<BR><BR>
<DIV class=moz-cite-prefix>On 9/23/2012 3:56 PM, Glen Jones wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<P>It has to be reported to SSDI ...<BR></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>But if the person never registered for Social Security, they don't get listed. Most folks were registered by the time WW II was over though, so why not these folks? Butch Cassidy syndrome? Any locals still living that remember them?<BR><BR>Bill Strickland<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>_____________________________________________________<BR>or-roots mailing list<BR>or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR>http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots<BR>Hosted by the Oregon State Library. The Library is not responsible for content.<BR>Questions related to message content should be directed to list owner(s) or the sender of the message, by phone or email.<BR>Technical questions? Call 503-378-8800.<BR></div></body></html>