We can still access it for free here:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-...
Pauli
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alice Allen"
Subject: Re: [COGEN] SSDI Database Moved to Pay-side of
Ancestry.com
This is all over Facebook this morning, with blog references by well-known
genealogists such as Dick Eastman and Megan Smolenyak. Here's a link to
Megan's blog referencing this:
http://megansmolenyak.posterous.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security
-deat
Seems to be due to an initiative before Congress to pass a ban on posting
the online SSDI due to identity theft issues. She has some links in her
blog to other blogs and/or articles. Congress, in its short-sightedness,
doesn't seem to realize that doing away with the online SSDI will allow more
identity thefts to occur, as many banks, credit card companies, etc., use
the SSDI to double-check for fraudulent applications.
Alice Allen
CC for Bent, Otero and Teller Counties
-----Original Message-----
From: cogen-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:cogen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On
Behalf Of Pauli Smith
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 9:32 AM
To: cogen(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [COGEN] SSDI Database Moved to Pay-side of
Ancestry.com
I thought I would let everyone know that I just found out that Rootsweb has
moved its Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Database at
http://searches.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ssdi.html over to the pay-side of
Ancestry.com - in other words: it's no longer free as far as I can tell.
They said it was "due to sensitivities around the information in this
database." I wonder how many other things on Rootsweb will be considered
too sensitive and moved to the pay-side, as well.
Pauli
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