Notes from census meeting - Day 3

Here are Janice's notes from "death day" at our census meeting. There might be more notes later. We'd like to thank Janice and Irene for all the work they put into preparing their presentations. They did an excellent job, and I think we all benefited from their knowledge. Additionally, Annie, Coralee, AnnaLisa, Chris, and Giles all presented to everyone or a small group and gave us some great information. Please use the comments to thank Irene and Janice for their great work.

DEATH RECORDS

Use deathrecotds.com covers all 50 states and District of Columbus

●    Statewide indexes are listed first

          Ancestry

          FamilySearch

          State Archives and other sources

●    Large cities generally have their own listing

●    Counties are listed following statewide indexes

Types of death records

●    Mortality Schedules

          List of people who died between June 1 of the year preceding the census to April 31th of the census year.

 Mortality schedules were taken along with population schedules during the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses, and in six states (Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, and South Dakota) in 1885.

Information included the deceased name, age, sex, race, marital status, birthplace, month of death, occupation, and cause of death. Though part of the federal censuses, mortality schedules are separate from the population schedules.

NATIONAL HOME FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS

Information we can get from the NHDVS

1.    Name of the hospital, admission and discharge dates

2.    Date of enlistment

3.    Company

4.    Age at time of enlistment

5.    Place of birth

6.    Occupation

7.    Marital Status

8.    Name and address of nearest relative

9.    Medical condition at time of admission

10.  Date and cause of death (if died in Mil home)

The records for 12 of the branches are covered in databases in ancestry and family search

1.    Bath Branch, Bath, New York

2.    Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, South Dakota

3.    Central Branch, Dayton, Ohio

4.    Danville Branch, Danville, Illinois

5.    Eastern Branch, Togus, Maine

6.    Marion Branch, Marion, Indiana

7.    Mountain Branch, Johnson City, Tennessee

8.    Northwestern Branch, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

9.    Pacific Branch, Los Angeles, California

10.  Roseburg Branch, Roseburg, Oregon

11.  Southern Branch, Hampton, Virginia

12.  Western Branch, Leavenworth, Kansas

Don’t forget to use FamilySearch as a source for death records

SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX (SSDI)

Information we can get from the SSDI

1.    Name

2.    Date of birth

3.    Date of death

4.    Place and year social security number was issued

5.    Last residence or last benefit

            Last Residence is the last known address the SSA knew about when paying benefits

            Last benefit was the benefit paid to qualifying survivor, such as a spouse or a child

SOCIAL SECURITY APPLICATIONS AND CLAIMS INDEX

Information we can get from the SS Apps and Claims Index

1.    Name

2.    Race

3.    Birth date

4.    Birth place

5.    Parents

6.    When application was made and the name that was used

GOOGLE

When all else fails you might try Google