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SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH FILE
by George Pardue
18 Aug 1990
Subject: Satisfying Success with Social Security Death File
Yesterday (Aug 16) I received the list of PARDUE decedents from the
Social Security Death Master File, which I had ordered from
Cambridge Statistical Research Associates, Inc, 110 Southgate Pkwy,
Cambridge, OH 43725 Phone (614) 432-6400.
It contained 978 PARDUE deaths, and cost me $16 for the full surname
search.
I am VERY PLEASED with the results. I had been searching for my
father's half-brother, CHARLES EDWARD PARDUE (Sr) for a long time.
He apparently was a career navy man, and the last I had heard was
that he was in Washington state. I desperately need input from his
side of the family to fill in missing ancestral links.
In the decedents list, I found his wife, Gertrude, and his son
Charles Edward, Jr. Both had died in 1978 in San Diego CA. A quick
trip to our Clayton Library here in Houston to look at the
California deaths microfiche files produced the death records for
Gertrude and Charles, Jr. Further sleuthing located the death
record of Charles Edward, Sr in 1941, also in San Diego. (He must
not have had a SS number, since he was apparently career navy.)
I have now ordered microfilms of the San Diego Union newspaper for the
appropriate time periods to look at the three obituaries. With just a
little more luck, I sincerely hope to learn the names of further
descendants, and possibly the married names of Charles Edward (Sr)'s
two daughters, ELIZABETH MAE PARDUE (b. ca 1921 in SC) and CYNTHIA
PARDUE (b. ca 1923 in SC). I'm guessing that they married in the San
Diego vicinity. ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THEM OR THEIR DESCENDANTS
WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
To sum this up, I am greatly pleased with the "genealogical window"
that the information I received from Cambridge Statistical Research
opened for me. It was well worth the money in my case. They also
sent a disk containing a text file printout to disk of the results. It
wasn't a database file, but can be converted to one with a little
programming. That's the least of my worries right now... Got
ancestors to pursue.....
Hopefully this will be of help to others.....
George Pardue, 5010 Indigo Street, Houston, TX 77096 (713) 667-2783
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266/587 27 Aug 90 00:40:47
From: Nathan Cheng
To: Connie Graham
Subj: Re: SOCICAL SECURITY DEATH FILE
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Greetings from CSRA! The parameters can be anything that John
mentioned. For instance, you can give us a first and last name
with a DOB, DOD, or ZIP code, or all of them. Usually a First
and Last name and range of birth will do (unless the name is
John Smith-- then we would narrow down by state).
Right now we are trying to de-emphasize Single Name Searches
and emphasize Surname Albums. These are listings of all
decedents of a certain last name. If the name is relatively
uncommon, a Surname report will work much better than a Single
Search. Call us for quotes on Surnames-- we have all of them
tabulated (over 1.4 million different surnames).
**** NOTE: change of address ***
Cambridge Statistical Research Assoc. Inc.
760 Wheeling Ave.
Cambridge, OH 43725
TEL: (614) 432-6400 CIS: 74007,3254
FAX: (614) 439-1354
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261/576 27 Aug 90 00:42:04
From: Nathan Cheng
To: James Davis
Subj: SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH MASTER FILE
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The SSA did not start keeping the Death Records in
machine-readable format until 1962. We receive an update from
them every 3 months. The update contains not only recent
deaths, but deaths before 1962, showing that they are steadily
adding in the backlogged records. Currently, however, only
about 2 million records from before 1962 are contained in the
database.
Your search for Gerhard Fast and George Fast would cost $6 plus
$2 for the variation. We will take your word for it that they
were the same person.
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262/576 27 Aug 90 00:43:18
From: Nathan Cheng
To: Paul Delmore
Subj: Re: SS DEATH FILE
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The ancestors that you are looking for who died between 1910 and
1930 would definitely not be contained on our database. The
data that we have comes directly from the Social Security
Administration, which did not start computerizing until 1962.
There are very few records dating from the late 30's to the 50's
(about 2 million of the 43 million). Actually, I doubt there
are any from the 30's, as I have never seen one. We receive
an update every three months from the SSA that contains recent
deaths and death pre-dating 1962. In a few years, I imagine
that the SSA will have given us nearly all of their early death
records, but for right now we automatically refund any order
earlier than the late 50's.
For more detailed information about our service, you can look up
our ad in the latest "Genealogical Helper."
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ This file appears on The Source of Magic BBS, Ridgefield, Conn. │
│ 203-431-4687, specializing in genealogy. │
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Date: Sun Jan 06 1991 11:05:31
From: Richard Pence
To: Wayne Tibbitts
Subj: Social Security Death Index
Attr:
genealogy -------------------------------
Wayne, there are currently two sources for the Social Security Death Index
(note: S.S. Death Index has some severe connotations, so I try to avoid
that term).
Cambridge Statistical Research Associates, Inc., 760 Wheeling Avenue,
Cambridge, OH 43725, phone 614-432-6400. This commercial firm will do a
search for an individual or a surname for a reasonable fee. The price I saw
quoted here for a search for an individual (including at least one surname
variation) was $8. I recently ordered all PENCEs from this firm, a total of
about 2800, for $18 (Mastercard and Visa accepted; my order was mailed the
next day and material received on disk two days after that). Material can
be sent on disk or as a printout (higher cost for printout, I was told). My
information came as a "standard data file," that is, in 80 columns across a
page; included was an explanation of the data, some samples, some
statistical breakdowns regarding the name (frequency within states,
frequency of given names, etc.). Had I specified that I could use HD (1.2
meg) disks, the material would also have been provided in a
"comma-delimited file," that is, a file immediately ready to be absorbed
into most any database file manager. Information included on each
individual: State in which social security number was obtained, social
security number, last name, first name, birth date (mm/dd/yy), death date
(mm/dd/yy, days not available before 1988), state of residence, ZIP Code 1
(place benefit payments sent), ZIP Code 2 (place death benefit sent if
different than previous).
The data in the Social Security Death Index comes directly from the
Social Security Administration and is updated quarterly by Cambridge
Associates. Included in the S.S. files are all deaths since 1962, but only
some prior to that time (when all deaths began to be entered into computer
files). There are some records prior to that date; the S.S. Administration
is adding these from time to time, but slowly, according to what I gather.
The second source for this same information is at Mormon Church Family
History Centers. Just this past week, two centers here in the D.C. area
received updates of the CD-ROM files for the Family Ancestral Files; these
CDs also contain the Social Security death files and these can be
downloaded in various formats, although I haven't had definitive word on
this. Presumably, though, GEDCOM would be one. Remember, the "memory
limitation" of the LDS downloads - maximum of 200 names each save.
I am not certain how often the LDS CD-ROMs will be updated.
Hope this answers your question.
Note to others: Please save this information and post locally. This is
the second time in just over three weeks that I have responded to this
question!!!!
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