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

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, 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