If you have been putting off sending in for SS information on your family members, as I have, Social Security Death Index http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi or http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm then try and get it into the mail this week..The fee is going up from $7 to $27. Fees For Processing Requests For Individual’s Social Security Record - Effective July 1, 2001 - the Social Security Adm. will increase its fees for requesting a copy of a Social Security Application for anyone found on the Social Security Death Index (SSDI). The new fees: $27 if the Social Security Number is provided; $29 if the Social Security Number is NOT provided; $16 search for death information Social Security Number provided; and, $18 search for death information Social Security Number NOT provided. For additional information regarding new fees for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for the Social Security Adm., visit http://www.ssa.gov/foia/foia_guide.htm http://www.ssa.gov/foia/foia_guide.htm#_Toc517745423