Comments on: Social Security Administration extends FOIA restriction to 100 years

By: Duane

Duane — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 17:33:10 +0000

The Guinness web site has this to say about the longest living male ever (no mention of oldest female):
Thomas Peter Thorvald Kristian Ferdinand ‘Christian’ Mortensen (Denmark/USA, b. 16 August 18¬82, d. 25 April 1998) died aged 115 years 252 days. He is the only Nordic person to live beyond the age of 113.
New evidence has come to light that casts doubt on the long-standing longevity record held by Shigechiyo Izumi (Japan). The birth certificate submitted as evidence might actually belong to his older brother, who died at a young age; if the family used Izumi as a ‘necronym’¬ that is, gave him his dead brother’s name, as the new research suggests ¬ this means his final age was 105 years old, not 120. The title of oldest man ever, then, passes to Thomas Peter Thorvald Kristian Ferdinand ‘Christian’ Mortensen.

By: Hilda M. Saulsbury

Hilda M. Saulsbury — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:54:29 +0000

Thank you.

By: chekwriter

chekwriter — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:38:38 +0000

As per usual the FEW have ruined it for the many. Always it is those few ROTTEN applies that spoil the batch. I too, am saddened to hear that this is going to happen. No longer available save 100 years back from birth date. Granted, not all of us wish to find out relatives, parent names, afer that date. But that is what genealogy is all about. Attempting to find parent names. however, do NOT forge the census records. They are a wealth of information and so far, as available every 10 years. Just hope that they may NOT decide to begin withholding those too, for 100 years from date of birth? Could happen.
Patricia
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By: Donna L. Mata

Donna L. Mata — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:18:21 +0000

I wrote relatively the same thing on Facebook about this stupid new rule some idiot in Congress is trying to impose on the SSDI. I totally agree. These records have been out there since about the mid 1950's and now they are trying to squash them, it is ridiculous. If Banks and other institution would just log onto the SSDI and check those numbers before they accept applications, etc. from people, they would know if they had a valid # or not. Donna

By: Mary Alequin

Mary Alequin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:50:40 +0000

100% right. One thing that there are doing is sending the WRONG app. I send for one that the lady was born in Puerto Rico and I get one from someone that was born in Washington States. ALL WRONG. That was in May still have not recived that one I went. It is not us it is than.

Mary Alequin

Happy Holidays

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By: Sharon Garner

Sharon Garner — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:08:18 +0000

What are they trying to protect anyway? The person who made the ss application provided a lot of information which, if they were still alive, could be used for identity theft (hence the reason for the ssdi index). But all you’re “compromising” on the parents is their names and the fact that they long ago had a child. Long enough ago, in fact, that if they were American this already appears in the census, which in 90 days or so I can freely look at. I don’t have a problem with hiding the parents’ names in post-1940 births but 100 years is crazy.

By: Mary Alequin

Mary Alequin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:02:37 +0000

Why not let us know before we send 27.00 or 29.00 dollars.

If we send for the app. is because we do not have the names of parents.

Mary Alequin

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By: Donna L. Mata

Donna L. Mata — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:58:30 +0000

What, the Banks and other money orgamizations are too stupid to log onto the SSDI to check the numbers of dead people against some bogus number a crook is trying to use? Are they too cheap to subscribe to Ancestry so they can make the checks. They ask people with new accounts a bunch of personal questions, so why can’t they run a check to make sure the SS# is valid?

By: Mary Alequin

Mary Alequin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:44:29 +0000

The same with me after 3 month of wait the names were felt tip out. This person was born in 1918. His father 1875 and mother in 1885 or 1890. How can there be alive???

Mary Alequin

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By: Barbara Rogen

Barbara Rogen — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:28:16 +0000

The politicians that make these rules have never done genealogy. They find it useless and therefore think that anyone who does this is crazy. They always are making rules that do not solve the real problem. It has happened to the airline industry in the patting down of innocent travelers. The real criminals always seem to get around the rules and regulations and do the damage that the rules are intended to stop. The politicians need to research before they so quickly sign such rules but they can’t be bothered to that sort of thing. They seem to be too busy with their misconducts and greed to do the job that they were intended to do. When I have written them, I have gotten either no response or responses that do not even answer what I wrote.