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Genealogy and the Social Security Death Index
What is the Social Security Death Index?
Social Security was a system set up after the depression to help elderly citizens supplement their income. Individuals were soon assigned an ID number to help ensure their benefits. While getting information about a live person's social security number would be a huge breach of privacy, after they are dead the number cannot be used anyway. So the government has released on CD a gigantic database of over 65 million records - individuals with a social securit number who died after 1962. This is the Social Security Death Index, or SSDI.
Where can I access the SSDI?
First, you can buy your own copy of the full SSDI on CD from a number of sources. But really, you don't need to. Many websites maintain the entire SSDI on line. Here is an easy to use spot:
Rootsweb.com
What can I learn from the SSDI?
The SSDI keeps track of:
* Date of birth
* Date of death
* Last known residence
* Social security number
* State issued from
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