Readers know that I’m not a big fan of “activities” just for the sake of having an activity.<\/p>\n
I decided to search the\u00a0 \u201cSocial Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007\u2033<\/a>\u00a0 and the “Social Security Death Index” at\u00a0Ancestry.com\u00a0<\/em>for my children’s deceased ancestors through their great-great-grandparents. This was done partially because the index was new and I had not used it before and partially to try and get a better understanding of what type of individuals tend to be in the\u00a0 \u201cSocial Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007\u2033<\/a>\u00a0as the description at\u00a0Ancestry.com<\/em> really isn’t all that helpful.<\/p>\n The names in the chart that are from my families are the ones who lived in Hancock County, Illinois. I didn’t think they were the best random sampling of names as they all were self-employed farmers (with the exception of my mother whose death is too recent to even have her be included). I was surprised that my great-grandfather Charlie Neill (1875-1948) was in the database as I really wasn’t expecting him to have a number.<\/p>\n My in-laws (those with locations outside Hancock County) were a little more occupationally diverse, but I made no grand discoveries other than Eva Fleugel’s entry in the\u00a0 \u201cSocial Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007\u2033<\/a>\u00a0did not list her mother’s maiden name (the failure to include it was not a surprise).<\/p>\n Consider looking for your own immediate ancestors in this database even if you haven’t already.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n Readers know that I’m not a big fan of “activities” just for the sake of having an activity. I decided to search the\u00a0 \u201cSocial Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007\u2033\u00a0 and the “Social Security Death Index” at\u00a0Ancestry.com\u00a0for my children’s deceased ancestors through their great-great-grandparents. This was done partially because the index was new and I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[86],"class_list":["post-632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-social-security-applications-and-claims-index"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n
\n Last Name<\/strong><\/td>\n First Name<\/strong><\/td>\n Born<\/strong><\/td>\n Died<\/strong><\/td>\n Primary area of residence<\/strong><\/td>\n job<\/strong><\/td>\n SSDI<\/strong><\/td>\n SSA and Claims<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Neill<\/td>\n Constance<\/td>\n 1941<\/td>\n 2015<\/td>\n Hancock County, Illinois<\/p>\n Teacher<\/td>\n No\u2014too recent<\/td>\n No\u2014too recent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Neill<\/td>\n Cecil<\/td>\n 1903<\/td>\n 1968<\/td>\n Hancock County, Illinois<\/p>\n Farmer<\/td>\n yes<\/td>\n no<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Neill<\/td>\n Ida<\/td>\n 1910<\/td>\n 1994<\/td>\n Hancock County, Illinois<\/p>\n Farm wife<\/td>\n Yes<\/td>\n yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Ufkes<\/td>\n John<\/td>\n 1917<\/td>\n 2003<\/td>\n Hancock County, Illinois<\/p>\n Farmer<\/td>\n yes<\/td>\n yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Ufkes<\/td>\n Dorothy<\/td>\n 1924<\/td>\n 2008<\/td>\n Hancock County, Illinois<\/p>\n Farm wife<\/td>\n yes<\/td>\n No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Johnson<\/td>\n Wilbur<\/td>\n 1912<\/td>\n 1991<\/td>\n Rock Island County, Illinois<\/p>\n Factory worker<\/td>\n yes<\/td>\n yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Johnson<\/td>\n Grace<\/td>\n 1913<\/td>\n 2000<\/td>\n Rock Island County, Illinois<\/p>\n Housewife and seamstress<\/td>\n Yes<\/td>\n yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Lake<\/td>\n Ola<\/td>\n 1906<\/td>\n 1969<\/td>\n Linn County, Missouri and Rock Island County, Illinois<\/p>\n Coal miner & janitor<\/td>\n yes<\/td>\n no<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Lake<\/td>\n Anna<\/td>\n 1913<\/td>\n 1987<\/td>\n Linn County, Missouri and Rock Island County, Illinois<\/p>\n Hairdresser<\/td>\n yes<\/td>\n No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Neill<\/td>\n Charles<\/td>\n 1875<\/td>\n 1948<\/td>\n Hancock County, Illinois<\/p>\n Farmer<\/td>\n No<\/td>\n Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Neill<\/td>\n Fannie<\/td>\n 1883<\/td>\n 1965<\/td>\n Hancock County, Illinois<\/p>\n Farm wife<\/td>\n yes<\/td>\n No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Trautvetter<\/td>\n George<\/td>\n 1869<\/td>\n 1935<\/td>\n Hancock and Adams Counties, Illinois<\/p>\n Farmer<\/td>\n Too early<\/td>\n Too early<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Miller<\/td>\n Ida<\/td>\n 1874<\/td>\n 1939<\/td>\n Hancock and Adams Counties, Illinois<\/p>\n Farm wife<\/td>\n No\u2014probably too early<\/td>\n No-probably too early<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Ufkes<\/td>\n Frederich<\/td>\n 1893<\/td>\n 1960<\/td>\n Hancock County, Illinois<\/p>\n Farmer<\/td>\n No<\/td>\n no<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Ufkes<\/td>\n Tena<\/td>\n 1895<\/td>\n 1986<\/td>\n Hancock County, Illinois<\/p>\n Farm wife<\/td>\n Yes<\/td>\n No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Habben<\/td>\n Mimka<\/td>\n 1881<\/td>\n 1969<\/td>\n Hancock County, Illinois<\/p>\n Farmer<\/td>\n Yes<\/td>\n No <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Habben<\/td>\n Tjode<\/td>\n 1882<\/td>\n 1964<\/td>\n Hancock County, Illinois<\/p>\n Farm Wife<\/td>\n No<\/td>\n No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Johnson<\/td>\n Walter<\/td>\n 1890<\/td>\n 1941<\/td>\n Knox and Rock Island Counties<\/p>\n Farmer\/Factory worker<\/td>\n No<\/td>\n No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Fluegel<\/td>\n Eva<\/td>\n 1894<\/td>\n 1970<\/td>\n Hancock and Adams Counties, Illinois<\/p>\n <\/td>\n No<\/td>\n yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Mortier<\/td>\n Henry<\/td>\n 1885<\/td>\n 1996<\/td>\n Rock Island County, Illinois<\/p>\n Farmer and city bus driver<\/td>\n Yes<\/td>\n No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Mortier<\/td>\n Caroline<\/td>\n 1884<\/td>\n 1981<\/td>\n Rock Island County, Illinois<\/p>\n <\/td>\n Yes\u2014as Coroline<\/td>\n No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Lake<\/td>\n Granville<\/td>\n 1864<\/td>\n 1946<\/td>\n Linn County, Missouri<\/p>\n <\/td>\n No<\/td>\n No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Lake<\/td>\n Clara<\/td>\n 1867<\/td>\n 1921<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n No-too early<\/td>\n No-too early<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Apgar Frame<\/td>\n William<\/td>\n 1888?<\/td>\n Unknown<\/td>\n Cook County, Illinois-maybe others<\/p>\n <\/td>\n No<\/td>\n No\u2014but further searches need\u00a0 to be done<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Williams<\/td>\n Mary Marie<\/td>\n 1895<\/td>\n 22 Novembe 1961<\/td>\n Cook County, Illinois<\/td>\n <\/td>\n No<\/td>\n no<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"