SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX UPDATED FOR OCTOBER 1999. NOW INCLUDES 62,391,543 NAMES. We have just received and implemented the October 1999 update to the Social Security Death Index. We regret to say that 132,345 more people died in October. (Randy Winch was heard to mutter that if people would just stop dying, he would not have to update the SSDI each month. But then again, as we had him working on his birthday, he has a right to be grumpy.) You can access the Social Security Death Index at <http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi>. Please remember that you can use the exclusive Post-Em feature to add a note to the record of any individual in the SSDI, correcting an entry or leaving a message for anyone else searching for the same ancestor. ++++++++++++++++++++++ this is another of the wonderful free features that Rootsweb gives to the genealogical world. If you do not donate to Rootsweb, Christmas is an excellent time to do so. For only $24 a year, you can be a Rootsweb sponsor.......I know I get much more than $24 worth of genealogy from all the free sites and services, so make this a present to yourself. Go to http://www.rootsweb.com for information. Joyce, list manager