Please disregard the link from the compromised email account of one of our subscribers...I'll handle it. Thanks! Joan, admin PHILLY-ROOTS@rootsweb.com In a message dated 1/11/2012 1:12:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, joderg@aol.com writes:

Sue - Thanks for posting Arlington's website and pointing out their museum. My paternal grandparents are buried there and I could cry when I compare it to Mt. Moriah where all of their forebears are buried! Linda ----- Original Message ----- Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 09:31:11 -0800 (PST) From: Susan Facciolli <sfacciol@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] question re Arlington Cemetery To: "philly-roots@rootsweb.com" <philly-roots@rootsweb.com> May I suggest that you check with them. They are a very pleasant group of people with whom to work. Their website is: www.arlingtoncemetery.us. You could also call: 610-259-5800. For a real treat (but you need to shcedule a visit) you should see their Museum of Mourning Art in their main building, 2900 State Road, Drexel Hill, PA 19026. I'm sure they will be happy to assist you. Sue Facciolli

Linda - My family story is quite similar. My grandmother died during the final days of the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919, just three days after giving birth to my mother's baby sister. My grandmother was buried, with her parents and sister in the Yeadon section of Mount Moriah Cemetery. Because my mother was only four years old when her mother died, she didn't know the location. The family picnicked there for a while until the stepmother arrived on the scene. When it came time for my Grandfather and his second wife's burial, they selected Arlington Cemetery. I'm with the Friends of Mount Moriah Cemetery, Inc. Mostly, I'm doing this is for my mother's mother and the closure I felt when I found my grandmother's grave. Others in the group are doing it for similar reasons. We hope to bring honor and dignity back to all those resting in Mount Moriah. - Sue ________________________________ From: Linda Foh <lindafoh@epix.net> To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2012 2:55 PM Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] question re Arlington Cemetery Sue - Thanks for posting Arlington's website and pointing out their museum. My paternal grandparents are buried there and I could cry when I compare it to Mt. Moriah where all of their forebears are buried! Linda ----- Original Message ----- Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 09:31:11 -0800 (PST) From: Susan Facciolli <sfacciol@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] question re Arlington Cemetery To: "philly-roots@rootsweb.com" <philly-roots@rootsweb.com> May I suggest that you check with them. They are a very pleasant group of people with whom to work. Their website is: www.arlingtoncemetery.us. You could also call: 610-259-5800. For a real treat (but you need to shcedule a visit) you should see their Museum of Mourning Art in their main building, 2900 State Road, Drexel Hill, PA 19026. I'm sure they will be happy to assist you. Sue Facciolli ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On Jan 7, 2012, at 12:31 PM, Susan Facciolli wrote: > May I suggest that you check with them. They are a very pleasant group of people with whom to work. > > Their website is: www.arlingtoncemetery.us. You could also call: 610-259-5800. For a real treat (but you need to shcedule a visit) you should see their Museum of Mourning Art in their main building, 2900 State Road, Drexel Hill, PA 19026. > > I'm sure they will be happy to assist you. > > Sue Facciolli > > > > ________________________________ > From: Kate <chrismomxyz@yahoo.com> > To: philly-roots-l@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 9:27 AM > Subject: [Phly-Rts] question re Arlington Cemetery > > Hi all-I've recently discovered through looking at Arlington Cemetery(in Drexel Hill) that some of my family members that were buried at Lafayette, may have been moved to Arlington, but are listed with death dates 100 years off. Is it possible that some of the Lafayette remains were removed to Arlington? > thanks!Kate > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

May I suggest that you check with them. They are a very pleasant group of people with whom to work. Their website is: www.arlingtoncemetery.us. You could also call: 610-259-5800. For a real treat (but you need to shcedule a visit) you should see their Museum of Mourning Art in their main building, 2900 State Road, Drexel Hill, PA 19026. I'm sure they will be happy to assist you. Sue Facciolli ________________________________ From: Kate <chrismomxyz@yahoo.com> To: philly-roots-l@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 9:27 AM Subject: [Phly-Rts] question re Arlington Cemetery Hi all-I've recently discovered through looking at Arlington Cemetery(in Drexel Hill) that some of my family members that were buried at Lafayette, may have been moved to Arlington, but are listed with death dates 100 years off. Is it possible that some of the Lafayette remains were removed to Arlington? thanks!Kate ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi all-I've recently discovered through looking at Arlington Cemetery(in Drexel Hill) that some of my family members that were buried at Lafayette, may have been moved to Arlington, but are listed with death dates 100 years off. Is it possible that some of the Lafayette remains were removed to Arlington? thanks!Kate

Thanks, Rick. I do have the death record for Edna DETTMAR/DITTMAR, child of Henry and Caroline. I had sent a request letter directly to Old Cathedral Cemetery itself a few years back, but I don't recall receiving an answer back from them. For the information of anyone who may be looking for the Archdiocese Cemeteries Office, the web site is: <http://www.archphila-cemeteries.org/index.html> There is a link to forms and publications there, which are in pdf form. I will try that method of attack and see what happens. (Better than browsing 20 years of Philadelphia newspaper obituaries on microfilm!) Lynn Blenderman ************************************************************************************ "We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." Benj. Franklin, 1776. Walter G. Blenderman, Lynn K. Blenderman, N. Plainfield, NJ, USA **mailto:netchemist@earthlink.net*******************************http://www.blenderman.net**

I noticed that the other day. Another thing for Ancestry.com to charge for. Aren't monopolies against the law in this country? ----- Original Message ----- Message: 2 Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:06:07 -0500 From: "Vincent E. Summers" <vsummers@gmail.com> Subject: [Phly-Rts] SSDI To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com I've been deeply involved in a number of things for about a year or two that has taken me away from genealogy for the most part. However, I've been trying to get back into it again--particularly my Philadelphia genealogical connections--when I came to discover something screwy has happened to the old SSDI index I found so helpful. Figures that anything good has to go, or at least be tampered with. Is there anywhere on line that this informative database remains intact without having to join this or pay for that? Thanks, Vince Summers ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:14:10 -0500 From: "Vincent E. Summers" <vsummers@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] PHILLY-ROOTS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 184 To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <CAO7U7+EgNGvPH2j6TRwh6D9R+iJhWjao3Lt73QwdTe2Y3+b+2Q@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Thanks to all concerned in this. I will be certain to use this database as long as it is available. Quickly! On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Russ <rmcclelland@elp.rr.com> wrote: > Vince > > Ancestry.com and Genealogybank.com have removed the SSN's from anyone who > died in the past 10 years, they still list the names and dates of birth and > death. The only source I have been able to find is the FamilySearch.org > website, as of today they are still listing the SSN. > Also the Social Security Admin will blank out the parents names if the > individual is less than 100 years old, I have had 5 SS-5's returned with > this in the past month. In order to receive a complete SS-5 you have to > furnish proof of death of both parents. Totally useless, but I have filed > an appeal. > My orders were received by the SSA in August 2011 but the new policy was > put > into effect in Nov 2011. I guess I have to suffer because of the slowness > of > the SSA. > > Russ > > -----Original Message----- > From: philly-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:philly-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > philly-roots-request@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 3:04 PM > To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: PHILLY-ROOTS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 184 > > > > When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to which > you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, > remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the > message subject to which you are replying. > > Today's Topics: > > 2. SSDI (Vincent E. Summers) > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:06:07 -0500 > From: "Vincent E. Summers" <vsummers@gmail.com> > Subject: [Phly-Rts] SSDI > To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <CAO7U7+HXGuWbf4rYxRgQ3ERD-K2yUaJy+eprVmZUH7=pZTbBnQ@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I've been deeply involved in a number of things for about a year or two > that has taken me away from genealogy for the most part. > > However, I've been trying to get back into it again--particularly my > Philadelphia genealogical connections--when I came to discover something > screwy has happened to the old SSDI index I found so helpful. Figures that > anything good has to go, or at least be tampered with. > > Is there anywhere on line that this informative database remains intact > without having to join this or pay for that? > > Thanks, > Vince Summers I

Hi Lynn I don't see listings for Henry or Caroline's deaths at genealogybank. In the Phila Death Certs 1803-1915 I see a death of their daughter Edna "Dutman" 5 May 1883. She died of Scarlatina and she was buried 7 May 1883 at Old Cathedral Cemetery age 4 yrs, 8 mos. Parents listed as Henry and Caroline Dettmar, 1602 Marsden. I just used this method to find the deaths of some of my ancestors by referencing the death and burial date of their child. You can write to the Catholic Cemeteries Office and get a printout of who all is buried with Edna at Old Cathedral and what their burial details were. If Edna was the 1st of many, you may find Henry and Caroline buried there later. The fee is $15.00. The Catholic Cemeteries Office address is 222 N 17th St, Phila, 19103-1299 . Google them for details and a search form. Good luck Rick Hutton ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -----Original Message----- From: Walter Blenderman Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 8:59 AM To: PHILLY-ROOTS@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] Genealogybank If someone who has access to Genealogy Bank would be so kind, I am looking for the following 2 Philadelphia deaths/obituaries: Henry Dettmar (or may be spelled Dittmer) - between 1920 and 1930. He may have been living at N. Thompson or N. 27th or possibly N. Marston at the time of his death. While in Philadelphia, he was a fireman at a power house. He moved from Chesapeake City, MD, sometime between 1880 and 1885. He is listed as a widow in the 1920 Philadelphia census. He may have been born November, 1845, in Germany. Caroline Dettmar (or may be spelled Dittmer) - his wife - between 1910 and 1920. She may have been living at N. Thompson or N. 27th or possibly N. Marston at the time of her death. She moved from Chesapeake City, MD, sometime between 1880 and 1885. She may have been born June, 1855, in Germany (specifically Prussia). Any help would be very much appreciated, as I have not been able to determine their dates of death nor the cemetery where they are buried, which I assume is in Philadelphia. Lynn Blenderman ************************************************************************************ "We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." Benj. Franklin, 1776. Walter G. Blenderman, Lynn K. Blenderman, N. Plainfield, NJ, USA **mailto:netchemist@earthlink.net*******************************http://www.blenderman.net** ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks to all concerned in this. I will be certain to use this database as long as it is available. Quickly! On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Russ <rmcclelland@elp.rr.com> wrote: > Vince > > Ancestry.com and Genealogybank.com have removed the SSN's from anyone who > died in the past 10 years, they still list the names and dates of birth and > death. The only source I have been able to find is the FamilySearch.org > website, as of today they are still listing the SSN. > Also the Social Security Admin will blank out the parents names if the > individual is less than 100 years old, I have had 5 SS-5's returned with > this in the past month. In order to receive a complete SS-5 you have to > furnish proof of death of both parents. Totally useless, but I have filed > an appeal. > My orders were received by the SSA in August 2011 but the new policy was > put > into effect in Nov 2011. I guess I have to suffer because of the slowness > of > the SSA. > > Russ > > -----Original Message----- > From: philly-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:philly-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > philly-roots-request@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 3:04 PM > To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: PHILLY-ROOTS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 184 > > > > When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to which > you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, > remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the > message subject to which you are replying. > > Today's Topics: > > 2. SSDI (Vincent E. Summers) > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:06:07 -0500 > From: "Vincent E. Summers" <vsummers@gmail.com> > Subject: [Phly-Rts] SSDI > To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <CAO7U7+HXGuWbf4rYxRgQ3ERD-K2yUaJy+eprVmZUH7=pZTbBnQ@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I've been deeply involved in a number of things for about a year or two > that has taken me away from genealogy for the most part. > > However, I've been trying to get back into it again--particularly my > Philadelphia genealogical connections--when I came to discover something > screwy has happened to the old SSDI index I found so helpful. Figures that > anything good has to go, or at least be tampered with. > > Is there anywhere on line that this informative database remains intact > without having to join this or pay for that? > > Thanks, > Vince Summers > > > > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Vince's AC Contributions<http://contributor.yahoo.com/user/333797/vincent_summers.html>

SSDI is still up at Family Search. https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1202535 Bert Herbert Lazerow Professor of Law and Director, Institute on Int'l & Comparative Law University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego CA 92110-2492 U.S.A. +1(619)260-4597, fax +1(619)260-2230 lazer@sandiego.edu

Vince Ancestry.com and Genealogybank.com have removed the SSN's from anyone who died in the past 10 years, they still list the names and dates of birth and death. The only source I have been able to find is the FamilySearch.org website, as of today they are still listing the SSN. Also the Social Security Admin will blank out the parents names if the individual is less than 100 years old, I have had 5 SS-5's returned with this in the past month. In order to receive a complete SS-5 you have to furnish proof of death of both parents. Totally useless, but I have filed an appeal. My orders were received by the SSA in August 2011 but the new policy was put into effect in Nov 2011. I guess I have to suffer because of the slowness of the SSA. Russ -----Original Message----- From: philly-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:philly-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of philly-roots-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 3:04 PM To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: PHILLY-ROOTS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 184 When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. Today's Topics: 2. SSDI (Vincent E. Summers) ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:06:07 -0500 From: "Vincent E. Summers" <vsummers@gmail.com> Subject: [Phly-Rts] SSDI To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <CAO7U7+HXGuWbf4rYxRgQ3ERD-K2yUaJy+eprVmZUH7=pZTbBnQ@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I've been deeply involved in a number of things for about a year or two that has taken me away from genealogy for the most part. However, I've been trying to get back into it again--particularly my Philadelphia genealogical connections--when I came to discover something screwy has happened to the old SSDI index I found so helpful. Figures that anything good has to go, or at least be tampered with. Is there anywhere on line that this informative database remains intact without having to join this or pay for that? Thanks, Vince Summers

The SSDI is still available for free at GenealogyBank: http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/ssdi They ask you to register, but you can get results without doing so, I just now tested it again.

Say, this is great! Thanks. -Vince. On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Jim <james.gaw@cox.net> wrote: > Try this site out...Has all kind of search engines...Read down for the one > step search for SSDI. > http://www.stevemorse.org/ > Jim in Southern Arizona > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Vince's AC Contributions<http://contributor.yahoo.com/user/333797/vincent_summers.html>

Thanks. What a bummer. Funny something that sensitive is still available for money. On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Betty Ann Tyson <ba_tyson@comcast.net>wrote: > Family Tree Magazine, online, had an article about this. > > RootsWeb Removes its Free SSDI Database > Posted by Diane > > One of the free resources we've recommended for years to search the online > Social Security Death Index (SSDI) has been taken offline. > > RootsWeb's SSDI database is no longer available, with a message that > 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. > > The SSDI is a database of deaths reported to the Social Security > Administration, for the most part since 1962. A subscription is required to > use Ancestry.com's version of the SSDI, and genealogists including Randy > Seaver and Sheri Fenley report that Social Security numbers aren't provided > for deaths within the past 10 years. > > You might think genealogists wouldn't be concerned with such a recent > death, > but someone who died in 2002 might've been born in 1920, and his or her > application for an SSN (called an SS-5) could name parents born in the > 1800s. Plus, the SSDI is useful for tracing family lines forward in time to > find distant cousins. > > Randy lists other sources of the SSDI, which include the free FamilySearch > site. > > If you don't have a deceased person's SSN, you still can request his or her > SS-5. You'll need to provide a birth date, any other names the person used, > and the parents' names, and pay $29 instead of $27. You now can request an > SS-5 online. > > The "sensitivities" RootsWeb refers to are likely related to a recent news > story about criminals using SSNs of deceased individuals to commit tax > fraud. (Couldn't the IRS prevent this by comparing SSNs on tax forms to > numbers in the SSDI?) > > Read more on recent SSDI changes, which include a reduction in the number > of > new deaths that'll be included in this database, here. > > ************************************ > > That one does not exist, and the old one at ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com has > changed. > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Barbara Lynch > <onecrazychick@comcast.net>wrote: > > > have you tried www.rootsweb.com/ssdi? are there other sites that are > free > > by chance? > > > > Barbara > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vincent E. Summers > > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 12:06 PM > > To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [Phly-Rts] SSDI > > > > I've been deeply involved in a number of things for about a year or two > > that has taken me away from genealogy for the most part. > > > > However, I've been trying to get back into it again--particularly my > > Philadelphia genealogical connections--when I came to discover something > > screwy has happened to the old SSDI index I found so helpful. Figures > that > > anything good has to go, or at least be tampered with. > > > > Is there anywhere on line that this informative database remains intact > > without having to join this or pay for that? > > > > Thanks, > > Vince Summers > > > > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Vince's AC Contributions<http://contributor.yahoo.com/user/333797/vincent_summers.html>

Vince, You might want to read Dick Eastman's explanation of what is going on with this crazy situation. Here's a link to his blog: http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2011/12/genealogists-are-losing-access-to-ssdi-mostly-due-to-misinformation.html If this link is too long, try this: http://goo.gl/mZV4X Lorie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vincent E. Summers" <vsummers@gmail.com> To: <philly-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 12:06 PM Subject: [Phly-Rts] SSDI > I've been deeply involved in a number of things for about a year or two > that has taken me away from genealogy for the most part. > > However, I've been trying to get back into it again--particularly my > Philadelphia genealogical connections--when I came to discover something > screwy has happened to the old SSDI index I found so helpful. Figures that > anything good has to go, or at least be tampered with. > > Is there anywhere on line that this informative database remains intact > without having to join this or pay for that? > > Thanks, > Vince Summers > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Family Tree Magazine, online, had an article about this. RootsWeb Removes its Free SSDI Database Posted by Diane One of the free resources we've recommended for years to search the online Social Security Death Index (SSDI) has been taken offline. RootsWeb's SSDI database is no longer available, with a message that 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. The SSDI is a database of deaths reported to the Social Security Administration, for the most part since 1962. A subscription is required to use Ancestry.com's version of the SSDI, and genealogists including Randy Seaver and Sheri Fenley report that Social Security numbers aren't provided for deaths within the past 10 years. You might think genealogists wouldn't be concerned with such a recent death, but someone who died in 2002 might've been born in 1920, and his or her application for an SSN (called an SS-5) could name parents born in the 1800s. Plus, the SSDI is useful for tracing family lines forward in time to find distant cousins. Randy lists other sources of the SSDI, which include the free FamilySearch site. If you don't have a deceased person's SSN, you still can request his or her SS-5. You'll need to provide a birth date, any other names the person used, and the parents' names, and pay $29 instead of $27. You now can request an SS-5 online. The "sensitivities" RootsWeb refers to are likely related to a recent news story about criminals using SSNs of deceased individuals to commit tax fraud. (Couldn't the IRS prevent this by comparing SSNs on tax forms to numbers in the SSDI?) Read more on recent SSDI changes, which include a reduction in the number of new deaths that'll be included in this database, here. ************************************ That one does not exist, and the old one at ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com has changed. On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Barbara Lynch <onecrazychick@comcast.net>wrote: > have you tried www.rootsweb.com/ssdi? are there other sites that are free > by chance? > > Barbara > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vincent E. Summers > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 12:06 PM > To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Phly-Rts] SSDI > > I've been deeply involved in a number of things for about a year or two > that has taken me away from genealogy for the most part. > > However, I've been trying to get back into it again--particularly my > Philadelphia genealogical connections--when I came to discover something > screwy has happened to the old SSDI index I found so helpful. Figures that > anything good has to go, or at least be tampered with. > > Is there anywhere on line that this informative database remains intact > without having to join this or pay for that? > > Thanks, > Vince Summers > >

Weird - I just used it the other day I thought unless the rootsweb site I log onto is now the rootsweb.sncestry.com one -----Original Message----- From: Vincent E. Summers Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 12:23 PM To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] SSDI That one does not exist, and the old one at ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com has changed. On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Barbara Lynch <onecrazychick@comcast.net>wrote: > have you tried www.rootsweb.com/ssdi? are there other sites that are free > by chance? > > Barbara > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vincent E. Summers > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 12:06 PM > To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Phly-Rts] SSDI > > I've been deeply involved in a number of things for about a year or two > that has taken me away from genealogy for the most part. > > However, I've been trying to get back into it again--particularly my > Philadelphia genealogical connections--when I came to discover something > screwy has happened to the old SSDI index I found so helpful. Figures that > anything good has to go, or at least be tampered with. > > Is there anywhere on line that this informative database remains intact > without having to join this or pay for that? > > Thanks, > Vince Summers > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Vince's AC Contributions<http://contributor.yahoo.com/user/333797/vincent_summers.html> ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

That one does not exist, and the old one at ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com has changed. On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Barbara Lynch <onecrazychick@comcast.net>wrote: > have you tried www.rootsweb.com/ssdi? are there other sites that are free > by chance? > > Barbara > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vincent E. Summers > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 12:06 PM > To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Phly-Rts] SSDI > > I've been deeply involved in a number of things for about a year or two > that has taken me away from genealogy for the most part. > > However, I've been trying to get back into it again--particularly my > Philadelphia genealogical connections--when I came to discover something > screwy has happened to the old SSDI index I found so helpful. Figures that > anything good has to go, or at least be tampered with. > > Is there anywhere on line that this informative database remains intact > without having to join this or pay for that? > > Thanks, > Vince Summers > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Vince's AC Contributions<http://contributor.yahoo.com/user/333797/vincent_summers.html>

have you tried www.rootsweb.com/ssdi? are there other sites that are free by chance? Barbara -----Original Message----- From: Vincent E. Summers Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 12:06 PM To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: [Phly-Rts] SSDI I've been deeply involved in a number of things for about a year or two that has taken me away from genealogy for the most part. However, I've been trying to get back into it again--particularly my Philadelphia genealogical connections--when I came to discover something screwy has happened to the old SSDI index I found so helpful. Figures that anything good has to go, or at least be tampered with. Is there anywhere on line that this informative database remains intact without having to join this or pay for that? Thanks, Vince Summers ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message