You didn't have to be a citizen to participate in Social Security but you had to be a legal imigrant and registered . Al
--- On Thu, 7/23/09, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Alfred & Amelia Viera Brooklyn New York To: Azores@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 9:46 PM Steven, This ancestor died in 1945 and his occupation was a mason? Something like a brick or stone mason? If he was self-employed, then no, he would have no Social Security number. The U.S. government didn't give self-employed people benefits until the mid-1950s. You didn't have to be a citizen to get Social Security. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
