If any of you have done extensive lookups in the social security death index (SSDI), you'll know that there are several SSDI websites and each one has a different set of limitations. Several years ago Steve Morse made it easy for us by developing a single search form that could search any SSDI site that you specify. That way you could go back and forth between the different sites without having to reenter you data on a new form. Steve has now come up with a single search method that combines all the desirable features of the various sites. He did so by using the rootsweb site as his starting point and then wrote code to get rid of the following limitations in rootsweb: Rootsweb requires at least three characters for partial names Rootsweb does not allow you to search on a range of years Rootsweb does not allow you to search on age Rootsweb does not allow you to search on a foreign last residence Rootsweb does not allow you to specify day of month for death He calls his search method "RootsWeb Plus" and it is now the default choice on his SSDI search form. If you'd like to try it, go to Steve's site at http://www.stevemorse.org and select "Social Security Death Records" in his "Births and Deaths" section. Please direct any questions to Steve directly. His address is at the top of the site. - Diane Jacobs New Jersey

Did you know also that -- on the rootsweb site of SDDI you can post the information of a subject. Say you get an SS5 giving the information of parents etc. You will see on the right hand side where it says a post em just click on register and post. This would be very helpful if people would post the info they received off the SS5 a lot of people would be able to access it. Since photocopies of SS5's have risen from 7 to 27 dollars it would save a lot of money...Just a thought. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Jacobs" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 10:03 PM Subject: [WashingtonDC'' ] RootsWebPlus - SSDI search using Steve Morse's website > > > If any of you have done extensive lookups in the social security death > index (SSDI), you'll know that there are several SSDI websites and each > one has a different set of limitations. Several years ago Steve Morse > made it easy for us by developing a single search form that could search > any SSDI site that you specify. That way you could go back and forth > between the different sites without having to reenter you data on a new > form. > > Steve has now come up with a single search method that combines all the > desirable features of the various sites. He did so by using the > rootsweb site as his starting point and then wrote code to get rid of > the following limitations in rootsweb: > > Rootsweb requires at least three characters for partial names > Rootsweb does not allow you to search on a range of years > Rootsweb does not allow you to search on age > Rootsweb does not allow you to search on a foreign last residence > Rootsweb does not allow you to specify day of month for death > > He calls his search method "RootsWeb Plus" and it is now the default > choice on his SSDI search form. If you'd like to try it, go to Steve's > site at http://www.stevemorse.org and select "Social Security Death > Records" > in his "Births and Deaths" section. > > Please direct any questions to Steve directly. His address is at the > top of the site. > > - Diane Jacobs > New Jersey > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > >