Hi ??? Blame the US Government not Ancestry However you can access the SSDI on familysearch Go to familysearch, scroll down and select All record Collections, let the list load and type Social in the search box When you have done with that see what else is on familysearch to search or browse, you will be surprised at whats available Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 14/07/2012 04:45, jbletch@aol.com wrote: > I have been out of contact with the RootsWeb site for > a while due to illness. > When did the social security index on the site get taken off? > I remember a few years some posts that read Ancestry was going to > take a lot of the searches off the Roots site so one would have to > pay for them on Ancestry. > I also let my subscription to Ancestry lapse because I wasn't using it. > It was so helpful to use the Roots social security index, shame on > Ancestry, > What is going to disappear next?