Hello All! During the Irish weekend of the GFO Open House there was much interest in the Certificate of Irish Heritage. I have just received the following information that it is finally available. Go to: http://www.heritagecertificate.ie/ The Irish Government's Certificate of Irish Heritage has gone live giving millions of people with Irish roots the chance to be officially recognized by the Irish State. Although the Certificate will be issued by the Irish Government, it is not a certificate of citizenship nor does it give the holder rights or entitlements of a citizen of Ireland. But it does recognize those of Irish heritage in an official way and gives a practical expression to the sense of Irish identity felt by millions. Tom O'Brien
Hello everyone, On Saturday Tom O'Brien mentioned in one of his classes at the Family History Fair about us going to loose out on the SSDI soon. Today on a bloggers posting, GenaMusings, I found a link to the following bit of information. I am not posting that bloggers full words but giving you the website for your own reading as it is long and has links to other bits and pieces about this action by the government. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Changes to the Public Death Master File (DMF) and the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://stephendanko.com/blog/15164 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Effective today, 01 November 2011, the Social Security Administration (SSA) changed its policy on what records it will use as source material for adding new entries in the Public Death Master File (DMF) which, in turn, is used to create the Social Security Death Index (SSDI). The Agency decided that it can no longer use state death records to add new entries to the DMF. Furthermore, the SSA will remove approximately 4.2 million records currently on the SSDI because those entries were made based on information from state death records. I have reproduced a fact sheet about the change later in this post. You can download the original Fact Sheet from the Social Security Administration's website. The National Technical Information Service which distributes the DMF on the web has also issued an Important Notice about this change. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (There is more and if you wish to read it follow the link to Stephens blog that I have posted above. Don Finel ____________________________________________________________ LifeLock® Official Site Don't Be a Victim of Credit Fraud. Enroll w/ LifeLock & Get Protected. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3241/4eb7fc759cb0f154d603st05duc
Can individuals access the Public Death Master File??Clyde On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Don <ikie4@netzero.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > On Saturday Tom O'Brien mentioned in one of his classes at the Family > History Fair about us going to loose out on the SSDI soon. > > Today on a bloggers posting, GenaMusings, I found a link to the following > bit of information. I am not posting that bloggers full words but giving > you the website for your own reading as it is long and has links to other > bits and pieces about this action by the government. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Changes to the Public Death Master File (DMF) and the Social Security Death > Index (SSDI) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://stephendanko.com/blog/15164 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Effective today, 01 November 2011, the Social Security Administration (SSA) > changed its policy on what records it will use as source material for > adding > new entries in the Public Death Master File (DMF) which, in turn, is used > to > create the Social Security Death Index (SSDI). > > The Agency decided that it can no longer use state death records to add new > entries to the DMF. Furthermore, the SSA will remove approximately 4.2 > million records currently on the SSDI because those entries were made based > on information from state death records. I have reproduced a fact sheet > about the change later in this post. You can download the original Fact > Sheet from the Social Security Administration's website. The National > Technical Information Service which distributes the DMF on the web has also > issued an Important Notice about this change. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > (There is more and if you wish to read it follow the link to Stephens blog > that I have posted above. > > Don Finel > > > ____________________________________________________________ > LifeLock® Official Site > Don't Be a Victim of Credit Fraud. Enroll w/ LifeLock & Get Protected. > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3241/4eb7fc759cb0f154d603st05duc > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >