In a nutshell, I have a question for
you on historic pension records for genealogy research. Specifically
corporate pension records. By way of background, I'm a librarian not a
genealogist. However, I did work for
a time at a private-sector financial services firm that handled company
pensions. (For instance, AT&T -- one of their clients -- has
provided employee pensions longer than Social Security has existed.)
My question specifically is do you
know of any resources, websites, or sources about company pension plans
for family history research? The public and military pensions are great
resources. I assume the corporate
ones would be as well, if the information became public. I have done a
bit of searching, but can't find any myself. That is outside of a
couple railroad archives and
www.pbgc.gov. I suspect a big roadblock will be private nature of these records. Any information or suggestions would be most welcome.
I have no experience in these records, but as you are aware these large
corporations have librarians and archivists (quiet as they might be).
That is where I would start. Your point about private is well taken,
they probably are going to be inaccessible, but you won't know til you
try.
