Wow! That is major...You know that if folks are going to be using it for identity theft, then they aren't going to care about the small monthly amount it will cost them. That is a big blow to free geneaology! Sandi Barber Las Animas On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Alice Allen <dcaallen@pacifier.com> wrote: > This is all over Facebook this morning, with blog references by well-known > genealogists such as Dick Eastman and Megan Smolenyak. Here's a link to > Megan's blog referencing this: > > > http://megansmolenyak.posterous.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security > -deat > > Seems to be due to an initiative before Congress to pass a ban on posting > the online SSDI due to identity theft issues. She has some links in her > blog to other blogs and/or articles. Congress, in its short-sightedness, > doesn't seem to realize that doing away with the online SSDI will allow > more > identity thefts to occur, as many banks, credit card companies, etc., use > the SSDI to double-check for fraudulent applications. > > Alice Allen > CC for Bent, Otero and Teller Counties > > -----Original Message----- > From: cogen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cogen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Pauli Smith > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 9:32 AM > To: cogen@rootsweb.com > Subject: [COGEN] SSDI Database Moved to Pay-side of Ancestry.com > > I thought I would let everyone know that I just found out that Rootsweb has > moved its Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Database at > http://searches.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ssdi.html over to the pay-side of > Ancestry.com - in other words: it's no longer free as far as I can tell. > They said it was "due to sensitivities around the information in this > database." I wonder how many other things on Rootsweb will be considered > too sensitive and moved to the pay-side, as well. > > Pauli > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >