Social Security Death Index
Who is listed in the SSDI?
This database is an index to basic information about personswith Social Security numbers whose deaths have been reported to the SocialSecurity Administration. The death may have been reported by a survivorrequesting benefits. It may have been reported in order to stop Social
Security Benefits to the deceased. Funeral homes often report deaths to the SSAas a service to family members. Beginning in 1962, the SSA began to use acomputer database for processing requests for benefits. About 98% percent ofthe people in the SSDI died after 1962, but a few death
dates go back as far as 1937. Because legal Aliens in the U.S. can obtain aSocial Security card, their names may appear in the SSDI if their deaths werereported. Some 400,000 railroad retirees are also included in the SSDI.
The Social Security Death Index is not an index to alldeceased individuals who have held Social Security Numbers. Also, it is nota database of all deceased individuals who have received Social SecurityBenefits, or whose families have received survivor benefits. (Porter 1999)
What information is available from Social Securityrecords to help in genealogical research?
A: You might want to start by checking out the SocialSecurity Death Index which is available online from a variety of commercialservices (usually the search is free). The Death Index contains a listing ofeveryone who had a Social Security number and who is deceased, and whose deathwas reported to the Social Security Administration. If you find a person in theDeath Index you will learn the date of birth and Social Security Number for thatperson. (The Social Security Death Index is not published by SSA for public use,but is made available by commercial entities using information from SSA records.We do not offer support of these commercial products nor can we answer questionsabout the material in the Death Index.)
Other records potentially available from SSA include theApplication for a Social Security Number (form SS-5). To obtain any informationfrom SSA you will need to file a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Thedetailed procedures for doing so can be found elsewhere on the SSA Web site.
(Note: SSA is not in the business of doing genealogicalresearch and we cannot, by law, expend Trust Fund money for purposes not relatedto the operation of the Social Security program. For this reason, we must chargea processing fee for these types of searches. The fee is intended to offset thecost to the government whenever SSA provides information from its files fornon-program purposes.)
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Social Security Administrations Internet web site is at http://www.ssa.gov/
The first three (3) digits of a person’s social securitynumber are determined by the ZIP Code of the mailing address shown on theapplication for a social security number. For Wisconsin the number allocationrange is 387-399
The first three years of Sussex, Zip Code 53089, deaths recorded in theSSDI.
EARL CRAVEN Born 12 Jun 1899 Died Dec 1964
GEORGE WILEDEN Born 9 Oct 1898 Died Oct 1965
ANNA HAMMERLING Born 9 Feb 1891 Died Oct 1965
KATE HONEYAGER Born 25 Dec 1885 Died Apr 1965
JOHN WRIGHT Born 30 Aug 1902 Died Oct 1965
CHARLES MCCORMACK Born 3 May 1878 Died Sep 1965
HERMAN MUNZ Born 29 Jun 1879 Died Dec 1965
ALICE PLEIN Born 14 Feb 1899 Died Jul 1966
RAYMOND RICHARDSON Born 28 Jul 1898 Died Apr 1966
PAUL SAMANSKE Born 27 Apr 1887 Died Apr 1966
MYRTLE CRAVEN Born 28 Jan 1894 Died Jan 1966
EMIL SCHWARTZKOPF Born 1 Oct 1893 Died Mar 1966
FRED TRAPP Born 6 Oct 1893 Died Jul 1966
JOHN HOLDMANN Born 10 Jun 1887 Died Aug 1966
MILTON WILLIAMS Born 21 Jan 1901 Died Nov 1966
EMIL GAULKE Born 29 Dec 1895 Died Mar 1966
ALBERT HOOD Born 22 Oct 1914 Died Mar 1966
STEVE YAROTTA Born 20 Aug 1880 Died Aug 1966
The following table contains the number of recorded SSDIfor “LAST RESIDENCE” Sussex, Zip Code 53089, during the corresponding year.
1964 1 1974 21 1984 51 1994 51 1965 6 1975 24 1985 55 1995 79 1966 11 1976 36 1986 49 1996 66 1967 11 1977 41 1987 59 1997 70 1968 16 1978 36 1988 48 1998 72 1969 12 1979 44 1989 43 1999 88 1970 15 1980 49 1990 11 2000 106 1971 14 1981 39 1991 11 2001 *91 1972 16 1982 58 1992 30 1973 24 1983 51 1993 66
Total SSDI records for Zip Code 53089 is 1,571, of these, 1,437 Social Security numbers wereissued in the State of Wisconsin. If a SSDI search is done using the keyword”Sussex” vs. the Zip Code 53089, a total of 1,646 result – many ofthese can be attributed to individuals once living (receiving a Social Securitybenefit) in Sussex, Waukesha, Wisconsin; but died elsewhere. Note: FromAncestry.com – The Last Residence is the place wherethe person was last known to be living when the benefit was applied for. While77% of the SSDI records contain Last Residence information, a total of 19% donot contain any Last Residence information.
Lannon (53046) has a total of 253 records, Merton (53056) has 113, andColgate (53017) has 467.
*91 is the numbered of recorded SSDI thru November, 2001.
Note: Zip Code 53089 includes area outside of the Village of Sussex