Hi Peter The SSDI is available on familysearch I don't know how often it is updated but its there, and free Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) >I have just discovered that Footnote now provides free access to The > (U.S.) Social Security Death Index (SSDI), updated weekly, and found on > it some of my PENN family who had migrated to the U.S.V.I. and U.S. > mainland > <http://survey.iarchives.com/fnsurvey/Default1.aspx?link=Un24QKr%2bEuXi0xvDEU65Gw%3d%3d&linkid=184> > > Peter Moll > Tortola, BVI

Hi Nivard Thanks for your comment. I have used FamilySearch to supplement the SSDI database I have on CD-ROM, but cannot find out how often it is updated. Searching on "[first names] and 2009" today, the most recent death I traced on FamilySearch occurred on 15 August 2009. Not bad. I was attracted by the positive assurance that Footnote updates weekly its own SSDI database and includes it among its free services. However, I will probably replace one of my current subscriptions with a payment to Footnote at some point, anyway. Regards Peter Nivard Ovington <ovington1@sky.com> wrote 17/09/2009: > Hi Peter > > The SSDI is available on familysearch > > I don't know how often it is updated but its there, and free > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) >> have just discovered that Footnote now provides free access to The >> (U.S.) Social Security Death Index (SSDI), updated weekly, and found on >> it some of my PENN family who had migrated to the U.S.V.I. and U.S. >> mainland >> <http://survey.iarchives.com/fnsurvey/Default1.aspx?link=Un24QKr%2bEuXi0xvDEU65Gw%3d%3d&linkid=184> >> >> Peter Moll >> Tortola, BVI