>From Ancestry: The new SSDI update, current to September 2001, contains roughly five hundred thousand more entries than the version it replaces, bringing the grand total close to 66.7 million names. The new database is also notable in that it contains new fields: middle names and name suffixes. In fact, the new file contains middle name information on some 21 million people, almost a third of the entire index. The vast majority of these entries are middle initials only. The benefit to genealogists is to see extra information about an ancestor that would allow us to discriminate between two potential records. The updated data also contains name suffixes such as "JR" and "SR," valuable in determining the identity of fathers or sons. The SSDI is available free of charge at: http://www.ancestry.com/ssdi Connie Baumann Polk County TNGenWeb <A HREF="http://www.tngenweb.org/polk">http://www.tngenweb.org/polk</A>