> From Randy Seaver's blog. Note that it continues to be available at other
sites. You may need to change your links.
One of the very best FREE databases for the past ten years or more has been
the Social Security Death Index (actually the Death Master Index) on
Rootsweb (
http://searches.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ssdi.html). One of the
best features of this page was the letter that could be printed to order an
SS-5 application from the U.S. government.
Now it is gone. The note on the site says:
"Due to sensitivities around the information in this database, the Social
Security Death Index collection is not available on our free Rootsweb
service but is accessible to search on
Ancestry.com. Visit the Social
Security Death Index
page<http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3693> to
be directly connected to this collection."
This must have happened in the last few days, since I used it last week on
Rootsweb.
The Social Security Death Index is also available on:
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FamilySearch.org:<https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#...
FREE, but no letter written.
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GenealogyBank.com: <
http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/ssdi/> FREE, but
no letter written.
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Ancestry.com: <
http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3693>
FREE, with a link to write a letter in the Page Tools (upper left corner of
the Search results) - "Request copy of original application."
There is an interesting comment on the Ancestry page:
"Why can’t I see the Social Security Number? If the Social Security Number
is not visible on the record index it is because
Ancestry.com does not
provide this number in the Social Security Death Index for any person that
has passed away within the past 10 years."