I'm not sure if I am posting this right. If I am not please pass it to the right address of inform me as to what to do. Thank you. Eleanor Text Size: (javascript:void(0);) | (javascript:void(0);) | (javascript:void(0);) _E-mail_ (javascript:NewWindow(450,300,'/apps/pbcs.dll/art_tips?Date=20070107&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=701070418&SiteData=B3&SectionCat=');) _Print_ (http://app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20070107&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=701070418&Secti onCat=&Template=printart) _Subscribe_ (https://ssl1.gmti.com/asburypark/secure/icon_app/subscribe.html) _E-mail Alerts_ (http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=zago01&ForceUserreg=1) PRESS SITE OFFERS DEATH RECORDS Posted by the _Asbury Park Press_ (http://www.app.com/) on 01/7/07 BY PAUL D'AMBROSIO INVESTIGATIONS EDITOR One of the essential tools for tracing your family roots is finding when your ancestors lived and died. To that end, the Asbury Park Press has launched a New Jersey death record search feature at _www.app.com/DataUniverse_ (http://www.app.com/DataUniverse) , our public records site. Our ancestry page is based on public data from the Social Security Administration's Death Master File, a list of all Social Security enrollees who have died since the 1930s (in reality, 99 percent of the names on the list are from 1962 to July 2006). Information provided includes name, date of birth, date of death, Social Security number and, in many cases, place and county of death. The list includes most deaths, but not all. For example, those who died without Social Security numbers, such as children or government employees enrolled in other federal retirement systems, will not be on the list. It also is a powerful anti-fraud and police tool. Insurance companies, government offices and businesses commonly use the file to check for identity theft; a Social Security number lifted from the deceased will instantly turn up as invalid. Police and lawyers also use the list to see if potential witnesses to crimes have died, according to the Social Security Administration. The list is also useful for medical researchers. Years after the end of a medical study, doctors have used the list to determine if any patients have died, according to the federal government. DataUniverse provides a searchable list of more than two million individuals who resided in New Jersey at the time of their deaths. For a full nationwide search, we have put a link to another Web site at the bottom of our search page. There is one very big caveat: The list is far from pristine, and the federal government admits as much. >From time to time the names of the living have been found on the death list. If you see your name, double check the date of birth and Social Security number. If you are indeed on the list, call your local Social Security Administration office to correct its records. A link to those offices can be found on the Web search page. DataUniverse also provides several other searchable databases. These include all salaries and titles for all employees of the state government; property ownership records along with assessments; local home sales data; public school report cards; town-by-town crime statistics; state political contributions by name or zip code; the salaries and titles of public school educators; and much more. New features and updates will be added in the coming weeks. And we would like to hear from you about what you want to see. Please e-mail me, Paul D'Ambrosio, at [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) with any suggestions. ON THE WEB: Visit our Web site, _www.app.com_ (http://www.app.com/) , and click on app.com/DataUniverse — our new comprehensive site for searching public records — to see state employee salaries, home sales, crime statistics and more.