Question re. Social Security Death Index

[LesleyB]

Hi all

A recent query here, so no names given here, but if the line :

State (Year) SSN issued: California (1962)

appears in a entry on the Social Security Death Index on Ancestry, might that imply the year the person may have entered California or became a US citizen? It is not the year of death which was over 20yrs after 1962. This person was in Scotland in 1951 but I know did leave, I'm led to believe initially for Canada, then to California.

Best wishes
Lesley

[SarahND]

Hi Lesley,
The issue place is where the person originally got their social security card, so in the case you are talking about, it would be when the person got a job, even if they were not yet a citizen. Nowadays, children get them at birth, so this is no longer the case.

Regards,
Sarah

[LesleyB]

Thanks Sarah!