Fw: Railroad Employee Records

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At 04:54 PM 7/9/2005, you wrote:

>Does anyone know if there are railroad employee records from the 

>early 1900's available to be searched, on-line or otherwise for 

>family research purposes?

>

>Kevin Johnson



To find employee records which have survived nearly 100 years is 
nearly impossible.  However, it would not hurt to ask libraries, 
historical societies, and museums what they may have.  I think your 
best bet would be to look in census records now available.  For 
example, you can find the 1880 census free on line.  It lists 
occupations.  Later census records are now available, but I haven't 
found a free source unless your local library has purchased 
them.  Several web sources have the records available for viewing, 
but charge a subscription fee.  Every US census up to 1930 is now 
available to the public.

SSDI (Social Security Death Index) is on line, and it may be of some 
help for the last half of the 20th century.  Remember though, 
railroad workers were in the Railroad Retirement System, not 
SS.   Railroad Retirement has never been compiled or indexed for easy 
access.  Check their website for suggestions. 
www.rrb.gov/geneal.html   RRB will do a search, $27 per name, and not 
refundable if they don't find anything.

Rick Morrison

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