Hello all, We are now beginning to see the newest of the loss of the Social Security Death Index available to us genealogists. I have not viewed the Ancestry site to check it out, nor the FamilySearch site, but did verify that it is gone now from Rootsweb. Don Finel <http://www.geneamusings.com/2011/12/social-security-death-index-gone-from.h tml> Social Security Death Index Gone from Rootsweb.com Posted: 12 Dec 2011 03:21 PM PST One of the very best FREE databases for the past ten years or more has been the Social Security Death Index (actually the Death Master Index) on Rootsweb (http://searches.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ssdi.html). One of the best features of this page was the letter that could be printed to order an SS-5 application from the U.S. government. Now it is gone. The note on the site says: "Due to sensitivities around the information in this database, the Social Security Death Index collection is not available on our free Rootsweb service but is accessible to search on Ancestry.com. Visit the <http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3693> Social Security Death Index page to be directly connected to this collection." This must have happened in the last few days, since I used it last week on Rootsweb. The Social Security Death Index is also available on: * FamilySearch.org: <https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-ap i:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1202535> FREE, but no letter written. * GenealogyBank.com: <http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/ssdi/> FREE, but no letter written. * Ancestry.com: <http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3693> FREE, with a link to write a letter in the Page Tools (upper left corner of the Search results) - "Request copy of original application." There is an interesting comment on the Ancestry page: "Why can't I see the Social Security Number? If the Social Security Number is not visible on the record index it is because Ancestry.com does not provide this number in the Social Security Death Index for any person that has passed away within the past 10 years." This is, I think, another recent change. ____________________________________________________________ LifeLock�� Official Site Identity Theft Can Happen to Anyone So Get Protection with LifeLock. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3241/4ee77781c25dab646f1st04duc

It's still up on Ancestry. I'm wondering if taking it down was a bit of an overreaction on Rootsweb's part. The government will not be providing any death information provided by states. I don't think all of their data comes from that source. Peggy -----Original Message----- From: orforum-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:orforum-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Don Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 8:04 AM To: ORFORUM@rootsweb.com Subject: [GFO] S.S.D.I. gone from Rootsweb Hello all, We are now beginning to see the newest of the loss of the Social Security Death Index available to us genealogists. I have not viewed the Ancestry site to check it out, nor the FamilySearch site, but did verify that it is gone now from Rootsweb. Don Finel <http://www.geneamusings.com/2011/12/social-security-death-index-gone-from.h tml> Social Security Death Index Gone from Rootsweb.com Posted: 12 Dec 2011 03:21 PM PST One of the very best FREE databases for the past ten years or more has been the Social Security Death Index (actually the Death Master Index) on Rootsweb (http://searches.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ssdi.html). One of the best features of this page was the letter that could be printed to order an SS-5 application from the U.S. government. Now it is gone. The note on the site says: "Due to sensitivities around the information in this database, the Social Security Death Index collection is not available on our free Rootsweb service but is accessible to search on Ancestry.com. Visit the <http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3693> Social Security Death Index page to be directly connected to this collection." This must have happened in the last few days, since I used it last week on Rootsweb. The Social Security Death Index is also available on: * FamilySearch.org: <https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-ap i:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1202535> FREE, but no letter written. * GenealogyBank.com: <http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/ssdi/> FREE, but no letter written. * Ancestry.com: <http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3693> FREE, with a link to write a letter in the Page Tools (upper left corner of the Search results) - "Request copy of original application." There is an interesting comment on the Ancestry page: "Why can't I see the Social Security Number? If the Social Security Number is not visible on the record index it is because Ancestry.com does not provide this number in the Social Security Death Index for any person that has passed away within the past 10 years." This is, I think, another recent change. ____________________________________________________________ LifeLockB. Official Site Identity Theft Can Happen to Anyone So Get Protection with LifeLock. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3241/4ee77781c25dab646f1st04duc