Social Security Death Index (SSDI)

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Social Security Death Index. What is it? Contains approximately 65 million names and vital information on U.S. casualties in the first place, the SSDI is a very large database is important, especially for genealogy enthusiasts.

What type of information should be stored? For more information on SSDI are filed, a death must be notified, or a surviving member of the family of the Social Security Administration (SSA), attempts to stop the social benefits (SSB) in a contact –elderly.

Social Security Death Records (SSDR) contains the following information about a deceased person:

Of

Name

Birthdate

Date of death

Where the last SSB was posted

Country of residence

Where SSN was issued

The last known address

A search suggestion: If you search the SSDI does not include half of the first no. East names are not indexed. Use name and surname only.

What period is covered by thisrecord? Most of the dates of birth were recorded by the early decades of the last century: 1900-1930 Death comes mainly from the period 1962-1988. It 'was in early 1960, the SSA began to use computer technology to store and archive your important elements.

Although there are birth dates as far back as 1850 (about 1856), and dates of death for 1960 are not all the older data are included in the current SSDI.

An SSDI Search Tip: Use maiden names whenComing to America.

SSDI is a valuable tool in genealogical. The SSDI can help with your genealogy using data that will help you find the birth certificates and death certificates. Because the names of parents, maiden name of a wife, places of residence of persons, their employment, but may also contribute to finding marriage certificates and other vital items.

An SSDI Search Tip: Start the search in SSDI with just a few facts. This structure allowsSearch on a combination of data. A last name and known possible birth period may do to start? If the results are very large, so additional information and try again to add.

Note: There is a very useful feature, "Soundex search" that can contribute in which names are incorrect.