Just discovered an interesting site which lists recent genealogy news making it into the media. One of the articles concerns the 19 suicide bombers of September 11 all having Social Security numbers. http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?slug=tribes05&date=20011105 Congress Probes Death Data Privacy The practice of public access to the Social Security Administration Death Master File is getting a closer look now that investigators determined that all 19 terrorist hijackers had Social Security numbers. The Washington Post, November 8, 2001. The site also does a free surname search, which I haven't tried. The text for this suggests that you sign up to get a free, daily report. Ashley